Am Dienstag, 27. September 2011, 10:50:09 schrieb Anne Wilson: > Seriously, much research shows that once you have enough money to eat > and pay the bills, it isn't itself much of a motivator. I'd say that > the real motivator is showing how important the feature is to the > requester.
Maybe a completely different way of saying "Thank you" using the user's creativity is a good idea: a platform where users can offer something they chose themselves for fixing a bug. That might be sending a postcard from their hometown as it was common in the early days of free software (or so I read), sending a special bottle of beer, cleaning the car the next time they're around, a little song, a self- drawn picture, a coupon for cinema, a nude photography (where applicable), maybe even fixing an ugly bug in return, whatever. This way nobody would start being a KDE developer for monetary reasons alone, after all you can not count on cool stuff being offered. It's just a way of showing "I REALLY would like this bug fixed" and the better ideas you have, the more likely it becomes that somebody will notice your problem. He/she might then realize how important that bug is to some people and fix it, even if he doesn't care so much for your nearly brandnew green socks. Moritz >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
