On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 06:11:09 PM John Tapsell wrote: > I would really like to see bounties being raised for bugs. There > are a lot of problems with having bounties, and in the past such an > idea has been shot down, but maybe it's worth revisiting. If users > care about a bug being fixed, perhaps they would be willing to put up > a small amount of money towards it being fixed. If enough users do > that, it entices developers to fix the bug.
Hi John! As I am thinking about creating a platform for exactly this purpose, you made me curious. Could you point me to the thread where this was discussed or maybe some could highlight the basic reasons why this idea was shot down? Because if nobody thinks this would be a good idea, I maybe should invest my time in other stuff. I think putting money in the game could in some areas be a real boost to free software. After all, people spend huge amounts of money for proprietary software, although they don't really own it after-wards. I think it makes a lot more sense to invest money, in more valuable, free software. I am really curious about the reasons, any hints are welcome. I don't want to restart any old discussions, so if this was already discussed in detail, please just point me to the thread of interest ;-) Best regards, Robert >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
