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I know it is a promotion, rather than a discussion, but I think that sort of thing is acceptable here, and it is corporate charity in support of causes that are popular here.

I do find the idea of self interested corporate charity to be an interesting one; I think it can be available social good if done right. Prgmr benefits from good open source software, but you could argue that society in general does, too.

So back in 2009 apparently I talked about funding models for open source http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6808/2 I hadn't conceived of a Credo-style business model http://www.credomobile.com/ at that time but it would be really nice if it had legs.

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