Miro: Adopt a line of code to support open source video player
Open source media player and online video aggregator Miro is taking a cue from the highway service and asking patrons to "adopt" a line of code to help pay the bills much the same way as you can "adopt" a stretch of highway.
Here's how it works. You visit the Miro Adoption Center and pony up $4 per month and you get your name associated with a line in the Miro code base. Your name will also appear in the About Miro credits. But you don't get any tangible benefits like super fast downloads or anything.
In the long run, the only reason to adopt a line of code is because you want to support this open source project. But if you're the sort of person who needs an NPR mug before donating some money to help keep Morning Edition on the air, maybe the adoption page will help encourage you to pull out your wallet for Miro.
[via Boing Boing]
Here's how it works. You visit the Miro Adoption Center and pony up $4 per month and you get your name associated with a line in the Miro code base. Your name will also appear in the About Miro credits. But you don't get any tangible benefits like super fast downloads or anything.
In the long run, the only reason to adopt a line of code is because you want to support this open source project. But if you're the sort of person who needs an NPR mug before donating some money to help keep Morning Edition on the air, maybe the adoption page will help encourage you to pull out your wallet for Miro.
[via Boing Boing]













Comments
11
Subscribe to commentsFred ThompsonApr 29th 2009 10:46PM
Kool-Aid drinkers use NPR mugs...
AlexMay 8th 2009 1:10PM
lol, some people never change
someguyrunningMay 8th 2009 1:11PM
Apparently, some people never change, even despite Obama.
someguyrunningMay 8th 2009 12:35PM
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/ABC_finds_Fred_Thompson_dumb_as_1009.html
Fred ThompsonMay 8th 2009 7:57PM
I played Nixon like a fiddle. Stupid lib got what he had coming to him.
someguyrunningMay 8th 2009 6:37PM
Wow, so you are the deep throat?
The last mystery of Watergate, uncovered by the power of internets, lol/
Fred ThompsonMay 8th 2009 9:03PM
No, Deep Throat was my pet name for Linda...
someguyrunningMay 9th 2009 4:41AM
Oh, you naughty conservative
rcarmApr 29th 2009 6:30PM
Can I choose which line of code to adopt?
SteveApr 30th 2009 8:10AM
My Windows 7 is infected by IND and you expect me to adopt stuff ??
soniiicApr 30th 2009 4:26PM
ind didn't infect your torrent. the p2p uploader did