>From a developer's perspective I can understand this...you did work, you
want to be paid for doing it, it's not your fault your change didn't get
put in.
But from the perspective of someone wanting the change made, I could see an
expectation of getting past whatever hurdles may block committing b
A caution and something to keep in mind and I am speaking from experience.
Payment to a developer for working on a feature must not be tied or made
contingent on that feature becoming part of the product. The developer
ultimately has no control over the inclusion of a feature in a release.
Incl
We can take it from both directions...mention BountySource in the context
of people offering money for changes, and Catincan for people asking for
money for changes. As examples of business models, along with VAR and
consulting.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Wed, May 1,
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Donald Whytock wrote:
> The answer from Catincan is, a developer is someone who can commit changes
> to the project. "The person listing the project has to be able to have it
> merged into the main branch or have the approve of a developer that can.
> Our goal is t
The answer from Catincan is, a developer is someone who can commit changes
to the project. "The person listing the project has to be able to have it
merged into the main branch or have the approve of a developer that can.
Our goal is to have all users be able to benefit from whatever features are
Working my way down the crowdfunding list found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_crowd_funding_services
...I find Catincan (catincan.com). Catincan lets people start fundraising
efforts for opensource software feature development, but only existing
developers on existing projects. Y
On 25 April 2013 13:38, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Donald Whytock
> wrote:
> > Hey all...
> >
> > We talked a couple months ago about a Kickstarter-like scheme for paying
> > for bug fixes and enhancements. Actually, it seems this sort of thing
> > exists in the other d
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Donald Whytock wrote:
> Hey all...
>
> We talked a couple months ago about a Kickstarter-like scheme for paying
> for bug fixes and enhancements. Actually, it seems this sort of thing
> exists in the other direction:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bountysource
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:46:30 -0400
> Subject: Crowdfunding revisited
> From: dwhyt...@gmail.com
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
>
> Hey all...
>
> We talked a couple months ago about a Kickstarter-like scheme for paying
> for bug fixes and enhancements. Actu
Hey all...
We talked a couple months ago about a Kickstarter-like scheme for paying
for bug fixes and enhancements. Actually, it seems this sort of thing
exists in the other direction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bountysource
https://www.bountysource.com/
Bountysource is a site for people to
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