Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread Dave McGuire
On Mar 1, 2007, at 9:32 AM, al davis wrote: "expensable petty cash" range of money for a bounty setting business. That's why I made my comment. The person who created the software has already demonstrated some commitment. If I was ready to pay for an enhancement to Icarus Verilog, I would onl

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread al davis
On Thursday 01 March 2007 08:56, John Griessen wrote: > al davis wrote: >   Even if it all is in the > > >> "expensable petty cash" range of money for a bounty > >> setting business. > > > > That's why I made my comment.  The person who created the > > software has already demonstrated some commitm

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread John Griessen
al davis wrote: Even if it all is in the "expensable petty cash" range of money for a bounty setting business. That's why I made my comment. The person who created the software has already demonstrated some commitment. If I was ready to pay for an enhancement to Icarus Verilog, I would onl

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20, John Griessen wrote: > > al davis wrote: > >> I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for > >> enhancements to an active project. > > > Stephen Williams wrote: > > > Well, that's up to the client to decide, isn't it? > On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: > Stephen Williams wrote: >> al davis wrote: > >> An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done >> internationally with little fuss by credit card. >> >>> I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an >>> active project. >> >> Well, that'

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread John Griessen
Stephen Williams wrote: al davis wrote: An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done internationally with little fuss by credit card. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. Well, that's up to the client to decide, isn't it? T

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Samuel A. Falvo II
On 2/28/07, al davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The only place I see for broadcast bounties I see is to get something new. I have been considering offering a bounty for someone to make a good quality replacement for autotools. It's even on GNU's list of needs, but they want to do in in guile wh

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
al davis wrote: > Why all that overhead? > > The people who made the software have already established a > track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We > don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done interna

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
Why all that overhead? The people who made the software have already established a track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. The on

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: > Creating google checkout buttons is easy -- if you have no shipping > costs, (as in FOSS added to project CVS or SVN repository), you could > have a series of them for small project chunks, and they get paid as you > go... > > Take for instance the $500 project. divide it