[okfn-discuss] Snowdrift.coop fund-drive live now: patronage system dedicated exclusively to Open works

[Aaron Wolf]

Heh, copy/paste minor issue:

I called out "free culture" in my announcement just now. To be clear, we're for Free/Open everything: culture, data, science, technology, software, journalism, etc.

Cheers,
Aaron

On 11/30/2014 08:52 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> *****
> Now live at https://snowdrift.tilt.com — our fund-drive to cover legal
> costs (and ideally further development costs) to finally get
> Snowdrift.coop launched!
> *****
>
> Please check it out, spread the word to sympathetic folks, donate, let
> us know *any* feedback!
>
> I first announced the site on this list nearly two years ago. Lots of
> progress has happened since then. The initial announcement was vague and
> unclear because we did not have the concept presentation solid enough
> and we didn't want to spread confusion, so I stayed very general.
>
> Now, the site has lots of details making the concept as clear as we can
> (although more videos and illustrations and better stats will help
> further, and they are in the works).
>
> Snowdrift.coop is a platform where *all* projects must meet the Open
> Definition, and the core concept is a matching pledge to encourage us
> all to work together and move funding from proprietary culture to free
> culture!
>
> The main site is partly working for testing at snowdrift.coop, and we're
> continuing to develop as quickly as we can while the fund-drive is going.
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron Wolf
> Snowdrift.coop
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