Mark Shuttleworth (2003) on tension between funding open source and developers scratching their own itch.
Richard Stallman's argument/hope that software developers will be funded by people like public radio is.
The concept of giving circles is out there, and gaining popularity, and there's a site trying to coordinate them: http://www.givingcircles.org/
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