Hi,
We've already offered a free license to a not-for-profit educational organization which does have a legitimately limited budget, so it's not like we're just trying to get the cash. I just don't think it's fair to the people who have paid, to give freebies to organizations with a larger budget than the most cities.
If we get enough supporters, I'd like to *lower* the price. That won't happen if we fall in to the corporate welfare trap.
Maybe the educational institutions can deliver code instead of money? Maybe you should put up a list of to-do items somewhere, and offer one year free usage of the professional version for completing a to-do item :-) If a to-do item takes a few day to complete then the time spent on it will be worth more than £100 in wages, so it won't be a cheap option, but it might be easier to do for some than getting budget. And it will increase the value of Observium for everyone :-)
Cheers, Sander