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Re: Is there an anonymous contribution protocol?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t byfield)
Wed Oct 20 19:44:18 1999
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:06:05 -0400
From: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>
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> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:48:28 -0400
> From: Reusch <reusch@home.com>
> Subject: Is there an anonymous contribution protocol?
>
> A couple of months ago, someone (unfortunately, I don’t
> recall the name or date) wrote to the New York Times,
> suggesting that all political contributions be made
> anonymously.
<http://www.counterpane.com/street_performer.html>
Using this protocol, people would place donations in escrow,
to be released to an author in the event that the promised
work is put in the public domain. This protocol has the
potential to fund alternative or "marginal" works.
the analogy seems clear.
cheers,
t
