On 16 January 2016 at 22:09, Dariusz Jemielniak darekj@alk.edu.pl wrote:
Do we want to charge for knowledge? Of course not. But do we want to be able to introduce cool new tools for everyone faster, because e.g. Google is willing to pay for their development if they can use it for some time earlier as "premium"? I don't know yet. Let's talk
Realistically, the only way that I can see that the community would stand for this is if the tool in question was something that was unquestionably of use to a large segment of the community as a whole, and if the WMF clearly did not have the resources to build it themselves without outside assistance. But perhaps I'm wrong there.
I do, however, believe that if we ever decide to do this, with the community's backing, any charging should resemble grants a bit (there should be a clear time horizon when what we are able to develop as " premium" becomes standard and free; if it is also useful for the general public).
If we're going to go down this road, I agree with this.
Cheers, Craig