On Thursday, November 24, 2022, Giovanni Lostumbo < giovanni.lostumbo@gmail.com> wrote:

Open Source Voices is a great podcast. I've listened to Lukes, Maddog Halls' and Chris's interviews. Still getting around to listening to more.

they're fascinating aren't they.

I listened to this whole podcast yesterday. 1:10:00-1:20:00 worth a listen (even before that) (it mentions EOMA68):

https://www.opensourcevoices.org/13

4/6/2021 I think it might help explain why some are wondering- some view Crowdfunding as a donation for R&D, not as a purchase.

yes. it's most emphatically *NOT* a "purchase". there is no contract of sale, and it is down to everyone to make their own Risk Assessment and perform the prerequisite Due Diligence, which is why on every single page there is a "Risks and Challenges" section.

it is why the cries "but it's all down to you, i paid you money, get me my items i paid for, dumbass" fall on deaf ears.

both of these things comes as a shock to people who, as i said earlier, read the words, but in their mind they went "yeah yeah yawn yawn" and clicked what in *their mind* was an "Amazon Buy Button".

l.