Re: PaySwarm-powered Open Source Crowdfunding Platform

Excerpts from Manu Sporny's message of 2012-12-20 18:05:22 +0000:
> This is related to an e-mail that Melvin sent to this mailing list last
> week about open source IPOs.
> 
> We're considering building an open source crowdfunding platform built on
> the PaySwarm protocol. This funding platform could be used by anybody to
> launch niche crowdfunding platforms. For example, the open source
> development community could use it to fund features in certain software
> projects (like raising money to hire somebody to implement a solid SIP
> client for node.js). A knitting community could use it to fund the
> purchase of yarn to make sweaters for folks affected by hurricane Sandy.
> A gaming community could use it to fund new extensions to an existing game.
> 
> It would probably only support gift-based fund-raising at first (what
> KickStarter/IndieGoGo does). There would be plans to support
> equity-based fund-raising as well as debt-based fund-raising in the
> future, given enough interest in the project.
> 
> The work would be built on top of the Payment Intents specification:
> 
> http://payswarm.com/specs/source/payment-intents/
> 
> Would anyone on this list have an interest in such an endeavor?
> Contributions wouldn't have to be across the board - it could be
> conversation on this mailing list, conversation on telecons, code
> contributions to the open source project, copy writing, etc.
> 
> The work would be performed after the commercial launch of the PaySwarm
> reference implementation, but thought I'd send an e-mail out now to see
> if there would be interest in a project like this.

existing open source platforms which could use just some extending:
* http://goteo.org - https://github.com/Goteo/Goteo (PHP)
* http://catarse.me - https://github.com/danielweinmann/catarse (Ruby on Rails)
* http://selfstarter.us/ - https://github.com/lockitron/selfstarter (Ruby on Rails)

self starter looks like lightweight DIY one and many people would appreciate PaySwarm ruby gem :)

Received on Thursday, 20 December 2012 22:01:57 UTC