On 05/05/2013 05:05 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:14:36AM +0300, Vladislav Zorov wrote: >>>> If it's possible to accept PayPal, an even better solution would be to just >>>> use PayPal's donate button, thus most users will only need one click and >>>> their PayPal password, avoiding the point where most users abort their >>>> payments (the credit card details entry form). I understand if there's an >>>> ideological reason to not accept PayPal, but neither Debian nor SPI said >>>> anything about it. >>> >>> That's a good question for debian-project. >> I bet they have a good reason, let's wait and see :) > > I don't think there's any particularly good reason not to accept > donations via PayPal. There are various good reasons not to use PayPal > in general, but from a strictly Free Software-specific point of view > (which IMHO is the only one value horizon Debian should have) they > aren't worse than reasons not to use any other bank out there. As a data > point, many other Free Software projects (e.g.: Tor, GIMP, KDE, the FSF, > OSI, SFLC, Software Freedom Conservancy, etc) accept PayPal donations > without much of a hassle. They all seem to value more the simplicity for > donors than other concerns; and I don't think that any of those project > values Free Software any less than we do at Debian. > > In terms of fees, PayPal fees would actually be better than the fees > that Debian pays to at least some of other Trusted Organizations that > currently accept donations on behalf of Debian (e.g. SPI). As such they > would be more respectful of donors' money, because a larger share of the > donation will actually reach Debian. > > Last point: we wouldn't need to rely on any Trusted Organizations to > take care of PayPal money, we would "just" need to coordinate with the > Debian auditors for proper accounting --- I haven't spoken with them, so > that *might* be a problem, but I don't think it would be. > > Just thinking out aloud, To add an additional thought, why not use the services of one of Deb{ian,Conf}'s major sponsors, and why not offer multiple one-click donation options to give users a choice? https://checkout.google.com/seller/npo/ -- Kind regards, Michael
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