I'm not voting since I haven't developed a maemo application.

But it seems like a "shared fund" becomes more unfair to developers whose applications are more popular.

The system now is uncoordinated and inefficient because there is no link between downloading an application via the repositories and getting an indication of the compensation scheme. The only link would be documentation/discussion, which is NOT found on a garage page, but typically on a t.m.o. page.

Since there is no rule to provide documentation anywhere at all, downloading an application and trying to make it work usually results in hitting several narrowly-focused t.m.o threads.

There needs to be a revision of guidelines for applications to:
1. provide a project page on t.m.o. for the application, with the first post (or two) kept updated with downloading and operating instructions
2. with the download information a donate link or indication of compensation method

The following posts in the thread can continue to be the fragmented, volatile information of the development trail which almost immediately become irrelevant, as long as the first post or two is kept current.

The garage pages are so stripped down to restrict function that their function is limited past most utility.