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Advogato: Financing Volunteer Free Software Projects

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“It’s sometimes easier for a successful volunteer Free Software
project to get money than it is to decide how to spend it. While
paying developers is easy, it can carry unintended negative
consequences. This article explores problems and benefits of paying
developers in volunteer free and open source projects and surveys
strategies that projects have used to successfully finance
development while maintaining their volunteer nature…”

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