What about a hybrid Donate/Pledge box? I'm aware there is a Donate section on the main site. But could this somehow be Incorporated into the rest of the site? Bugs and Apps DB or would it just be tacky :)
Cheers, Tom On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Francois Gouget <fgou...@free.fr> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Tom Wickline wrote: > [...] > > But the problem is if say I donate $50.00 who's to say the bug I > > donate to will be resolved any time soon? Paypal only allows refunds > > up to 60 days, so how would you go about a refund if the bug wasn't > > fixed in say a year or more? > > The solution to this problem is 'pledges'. So when the bug is closed, > those who pledged to give money are notified and can then decide for > themselves whether to send the money or not. > > Sure it means they may go back on their word, from some outsider's point > of view, but at least they cannot complain, and Wine not getting the > money would pretty much be business as usual anyway (unless reneged > pledges detract from regular WPF donations). > > > -- > Francois Gouget <fgou...@free.fr> http://fgouget.free.fr/ > "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown > "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U >
