Donation Systray

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A systray icon encouraging donations.

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Introduction

Implementation idea for a donations-based Open Source business model.

Status: Stalled. No specific plans at this time.

related: Open Source Business Models

Donation Verification vs Non-Verification

• Verification: No, the actual donation status will not be verified. This is to avoid having to invent code that does that.
• Honor based: Yes.
• Fake donate: Will users be able to select "I donated already" without actually having donated? Yes.

Systray Options

Left and/or right-click menu:

• I donated already.
• I am eligible for an exemption.
• Remind me in 1 week.
• Remind me in 1 month.
• Close.

Screenshot Issue

TODO

• Issue: If the user makes a screenshot, the systray icons should not look different for users who donated vs those who did not donate yet.
• Solution: The systray would have an (invisible) countdown from 60 seconds to 0 seconds. Once 0 is reached, the systray terminates itself so it vanishes from the systray.

Systray Left Click Action

TODO

Systray Right Click Action

TODO

Systray Hover Effect

TODO

Qubes Specific

• In Qubes-Whonix:
  • Undecided. Perhaps:
    • Show donations systray inside anon-whonix App Qube only to avoid duplicate systray icons.

Non-Qubes-Whonix Specific

• Avoid duplicate systray icons in different VMs.
  • Only run in the default VM.
  • Skip if running in a "multiple VM". I.e., not the default VM but a VM with a local internal IP different from the default internal IP.

See Also

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzrrVyAypk

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