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Classic gift-economy FOSS communities are a beautiful and precious thing. Classic gift-economy FOSS communities are a beautiful and precious thing.
Adding money, or adding money in the wrong way, can change or damage them. Adding money, or adding money in the wrong way, can change or damage them.
Yet, from the beginning I intended this project to be accountable, solvent and self-funding - ideally, not a money pit. Yet, from the beginning I intended this project to be accountable, solvent and self-funding - ideally, not a money pit.
And we need to be exploring new ways to integrate money and FOSS. And we need to be exploring new ways to integrate FOSS and money.
And in many ways this project is ideal for that. And in many ways this project is ideal for that.
So money is part of the hledger project, we welcome it, and we experiment with it, cautiously, to see what works. So money is part of the hledger project, we welcome it, and we experiment with it, cautiously, to see what works.
The CFO is SM; help is welcome. The CFO is SM; help is welcome.
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## Funded projects ## Funded projects
We welcome proposals for new funded projects (as of 2025). We welcome proposals for new funded projects (since 2025).
Anyone can propose a project and a funding amount (in line with our current [funds](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger_finance?tab=readme-ov-file#assets--liabilities-by-year)), and if approved, do the work, and as deliverables are met, we pay you. Anyone can propose a project and an amount they'll do it for,
and if approved, do the work, and as deliverables are met, we'll pay you.
The hledger project's cashflow is currently rather limited,
so we invite other organisations or individuals to help fund projects (or call for proposals).
Each proposal begins as an issue, which gets the `funded-project` label when approved. Each proposal begins as an issue, which gets the `funded-project` label when approved.
Here are the [funded projects](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Afunded-project). Here are the [funded projects](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Afunded-project).