[Koha] Crowdfunding (was Koha Digest, Vol 148, Issue 21)

[Bob Birchall]

On 17/02/18 16:33, Indranil Das Gupta wrote:
> Hi Farasat,
>
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 5:16 AM, Farasat Shafi ullah
> <farasat.shafi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Vinod
>>
>> My personal views as koha community user and part of volunteer LIS for koha
>> it is not really a fit solution rather it will kill the spirit of community
>> ,  contribution and volunteerism I.e many koha support providers are doing
>> and free to do customization as per local need and if they think it is use
>> full after some period they can push their customized features to community
>> version QA to add if needed
>> I would rather welcome if some koha support companies in India took you
>> idea and do as I mentioned aforesaid
> Taking nothing away from your FOE and personal opinion, crowdfunding
> is actually one of the *good* ways to get new features /
> functionalities aboard Koha. Especially for libraries in developing
> countries that can not afford to foot the enter cost of development of
> a new feature. And it is not applicable only for developing countries,
> see http://devs.bywatersolutions.com
>
> Even as community, we do work on ways to raise funds for future
> developments. Sponsorship / co-sponsorship of features is one of the
> major forward. Sponsors are also duly acknowledged in Koha's About
> Koha (about.pl) page.
>
> FWIW, most major features of Koha that exist today do so because these
> were funded or sponsored by their original end users. Free Software
> does not mean a free lunch OR writing software for free. The "Free"
> bit is about the freedom that the software offers, in this case GPLv3.
>
> cheers
> indranil,
>
> --
> Indranil Das Gupta
> L2C2 Technologies

Well said Indranil.

Just a reminder to everyone that when replying to the Digest, its best 
to change the subject line so that others can find your post in the 
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Cheers,
Bob
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