1++ On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:48 PM Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> David, your answer gets 5 stars from me. > > > > On the funding piece we didn't even try because we don't want to go > > there. It's not really a cause, more like an effect. > > > > Cheers, > > Hadrian > > > > > > On 01/18/2017 06:01 PM, David Nalley wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Raphael Bircher > > > <rbircherapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi Bertrand > > >> > > >> Am .01.2017, 15:03 Uhr, schrieb Bertrand Delacretaz > > >> <bdelacre...@apache.org>: > > >> > > >>> Hi Raphael, > > >>> > > >>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Raphael Bircher > > >>> <rbircherapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> ...Has anybody ever used crowd funding to cover development costs?... > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I know of one documented case, > > >>> http://community.apache.org/committers/funding-disclaimer.html but I > > >>> don't have info on how well it went. > > >>> > > >>> The disclaimer was important to properly dissociate such initiatives > > >>> form the ASF, which does not fund software development. > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks for the link. This rise a question, i got never a real answer > for it. > > >> Why ASF dosen't found Developers?. Some people say, because to > non-profit > > >> status. Others say, this are our rules. But what are the reasons > behind. It > > >> would be nice, if someone take the time to explain this. > > >> > > > > > > Resources and positions are always limited. > > > Hiring a developer and deciding what they are going to work on means > > > you are essentially picking what is important to the Foundation. The > > > ASF has long said that it is happy to pick runners not winners. That > > > means that we are happy for projects, even projects that compete with > > > each other, to call the ASF home. We hope they are all successful, but > > > we are essentially letting the community decide where to allocate its > > > time. When you pay people, you have to decide what they are going to > > > work on, and even what specific aspects of that project that they are > > > going to work on. This means someone who controls the payroll can > > > decide which of two competing projects gets more resources, and > > > potentially even effect the direction that they are headed in > > > technically. > > > > > > It also has the side effect of creating a division between the > > > developers paid by the ASF and those who aren't. (Read that as the > > > privileged developers, and the the unprivileged developers.) Today, > > > everyone (in the eyes of the ASF) is on equal footing because no > > > developer is employed by the ASF to work on code at the ASF. > > > > > > Finally - we frankly don't have the money to do so. > > > > > > > > > --David > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > >
