[Owncloud] Flattr for the release?

[Michael Grosser]

Hey,

I'm Michael Grosser.
Just to give you a hint who I am:
I'm the guy providing http://demo.owncloud.org.

For the upcoming release I wanted to suggest to implement flattr.combuttons.

If you don't know what flattr is about:

> *Flattr* is a microdonation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdonation>system that launched in March 2010 on an invite-only basis
> [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-bbc-0> and then opened
> to the public on 12 August of the same year.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-techcrunch-1>
> [3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-2>
> Flattr is a project started by Peter Sunde<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sunde>and Linus Olsson. Users are able to pay a small amount every month (minimum
> 2 euros <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro>) and then click Flattr buttons
> on sites to share the money they paid among those sites, comparable to an
> Internet tip jar<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tip_jar&action=edit&redlink=1>.
> (The word "flattr" is used as a verb, to indicate payments through the
> Flattr system-so when a user clicks a Flattr button and they are logged in
> to the Flattr site, they are said to be "flattring<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattery>"
> the page they are on.) Sunde said, "We want to encourage people to share
> money as well as content."<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr#cite_note-bbc-0>
>
*extracted from wikipedia.org*
>

The owncloud account is already set up and the code, is sort of in the start
position. It is ready and could be made public in under 5 min.

My idea is to have the flattr buttons ready for the release and think about
what to do with the money later.
The money should be held in the flattr account till we know what to do with
it. The payout would be the date important for anything legal anyway.

My suggestion would be following buttons:

one in the demo.owncloud.org header
one in the header of owncloud.org
and one for each specific page
and later perhaps one in the owncloud installation code (under a contribute
tab under settings or so)

The reason for so many buttons is in my opinion feedback. Users can
appriciate the ownCloud project with the main button in the header, and
could appreciate the demo with the button from the demo.

As Jacob wrote in irc:
It's not about having the money from the docs go elsewhere. It is about
giving the user the ability to be able to show a "directed" appreciation,
e.g. "I really like that you have a demo server. keep it up!" or "That
documentation really helped. Thanks!"
there's one button for the show itself, but another one for each episode to
let the user be able to show "yes, _this_ was a great episode, thanks!"

What is your opinion?
No buttons at all? Just one button? Any suggestions?

Cheers Michael
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