On Friday 28 September 2007 10:21, you wrote: > Remko Lodder wrote: > >> Ok, let's see how we can fund this project. First of all the interested > >> developers > >> should assess the bulk of work to do and how long it will take them to > >> complete > >> it. Then we can think about how many people are interested in opening > >> their wallet to see it come into being. > > > > Lets do it the other way around ,lets see what people are willinoneg to > > pay for this, so that the person applying for this knows what he can > > expect. Pay by feature instead of pay by time. > > I'm in, as are at least other two posters in this thread. > I think that if someone set up a web page for the bounty > and spread the news to other forums a fair number of subscriptions > will come up. > > What we need to know is : what is the bulk of work needed? Can't anyone > sketch a simple plan with the tasks and the hours/man for each?
Hi Has anyone contacted the FreeBSD Foundation. They would be the best to provide this "bounty" service and could most effectively invest and utilise the "bounties" for the greater benefit of the comunity while the project is under work. (And they are most likely to be the most trusted people to handle the project and the money). There was a KDE project, Kontact (if I remember correctly), that had implemented a similar facility. (And of course there is the Ubuntu equivalent). May I also point out that this, specifically with regards to nVidia/amd64 and generally, can only work if capable hackers are willing to work on the project(s). Generally with volunteers money is not a critical issue to begin with and thus may not be a strong enough incentive and interest is. I may be jumping the gun here but if this "bounty" principle takes of then enthusiasts could earn a descant wage and provide a viable financial community around FreeBSD (with businesses more willing to use FreeBSD knowing that requested features [and form of support] could be "purchased"). I am also keenly awaiting a nvidia/amd64 driver and am willing to donate what I can to the good cause. David
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