On 23 April 2011 16:08, Devin Reade <g...@gno.org> wrote: > Benny Lofgren <bl-li...@lofgren.biz> wrote: > >> On 2011-04-21 22.27, P. Pruett wrote: >>> how about "donate" >> [snip] > >> The reason for my initial suggestion, which was along the lines Rafal whom >> you commented also thought, was that a donation *ISN'T A FUCKING OPTION* >> where I and others live. > > The other thing is that, based on Theo's 18 April post, funds from > donations (or going to the openbsd foundation) don't go into the same > bucket as funds from CD sales. If I'm interested in putting my funds > into the CD bucket, donations and contributions to the foundation > don't get me there. > > Question, Theo: > > If I was to say the following, would it work without causing an > unacceptable amount of work? > > "My company wants to pay you to develop or fix <feature> (where <feature> > is already on the short list of what is planned for the next release). > It is worth <value> to us. B If you're interested, send us an invoice > (from either you personally or your corporation or other business > entity) in some readily machine readable format (text file, > spread sheet, pdf, it doesn't matter) that lists the amount > and the feature. We'll send you the check immediately, and consider > the deliverable complete when the *initial* version is committed." > > That deliverable is intented to be unobtrusive. B It doesn't say > that it *must* be in the next release. B It also doesn't imply > any sort of user acceptance test or support requirement. It allows > for the possibility for you to pass the funds along and have > another developer implement it. B It is similar to other open > source projects where a company might put up a bounty to have a > certain feature implemented (other than in those cases, it is open to > whomever grabs it first).
I have a different suggestion, which is simpler and would work for the corporate that I work for. Is it possible that the invoice gernerated by the sale of goodies from the website could be simplified and generic? I can get budget for a bunch of items from the store each release time, but it isn't possible to justify more than one cd set, and totally impossible to convince the CFO to spring for posters or shirts. But if the invoice simply said something like OpenBSD Goods and Services: $283.77, it would be paid without question. And then I could get whatever CD sets, books, posters or donations I planned when I got them to set the cash aside in the annual budget. And... I guess it would be some work, but shouldn't be much. And for the guys that still want to get the detailed and itemised invoice, then a simple tick box to select the preferred invoice woud be pretty simple. More work still, but again not much. I'd be *very* happy to volunteer to do said work if it was something people didn't think was stupid.
