The possible ways for FOSS.

[SarK0Y]

Let's make FOSS the best.

No top secret, many FOSS projects have been severely struggled to gain sufficient funds. I'd like to share some thoughts to mend the aforementioned trouble.

 

Lottery:

 

This scheme allows users to use open source for free or they can join to some kind of  games to gain bonuses (money/tours/discounts/..).

 

Contribution:

Users have to make/do something valuable to get needful apps (as binary pkgs or open source) + access to support.

 

1st method of contribution is torrents:

such networks could be used for..

1. online drives.

2. search engines.

3. web hosts.

4. online compilers.

5. distributed calculations.

6. sandboxes.

 

2nd:

1. Focus groups to test solutions.

2. Call centers at forums/chats/phones.

3. ad/edu/social-rolling campaigns. 

 

Hardware-based algorithms:

It's rather costly thing, but will be highly interested for groups of users, where performance is very kin to king.