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by lancewiggs
5092 days ago
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As nobody said it yet. I'm always very wary of phrases like "a portion of all proceeds will be donated...", and in this case it caused me to stop looking.
The reason is that we don't know how generous or not that portion is, and what the definition of Proceeds is.
Better to state that clearly as in "20% of the price".
It doesn't have to be a large percentage, but we do need to see it as fair. |
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Due to tax complications, the percentage of money we're going to be able to give is going to vary drastically depending on how many overall copies of the app we're able to sell. We were advised by our lawyer to use the term proceeds as opposed to profits or revenue as a small means of protection.
Additionally, I would challenge your expectation that we should give a "fair" amount to the Wikimedia foundation. We're the only one of the many paid Wikipedia apps that chooses to give any money back to Wikimedia (as far as I know, at least) and we certainly don't feel as though we have any obligation to do so. We CHOOSE to give back because we want to support Wikipedia and free, open knowledge.
We're committed to giving back, we just don't want to back ourselves into an unsustainable corner or make promises we can't keep.