From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 5 21:05:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4240106564A for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesthefishy@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C3178FC16 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesthefishy@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f6so117608rvb.43 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:05:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=GJdWLwl/Fjp5IgauyPPsyd5tBLudfxr0ObE/bab9JGc=; b=X0VCNgEQRWCVUIQE87Ir3438P720LUka8clrYpgA5Bw8AzmGbfxBPKFNL4iuPwgc1G aRWLjlBkmeTWF+Ta2aMh8R038t6etdWZ2foV7S9Koj9/OCNgIuYPnIB96rqvl5T93a6f R1q2A/1L1rLyTkDNYO+/cIM8eQw7clsNzNvF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; b=UjR6tQbSoK9ckVvrpVn1cTirDhCnkLoyZtDRlg4VnB3PxFa634TMagV0c3EHp3nTU5 zq2UlfeSGEVwiOQEW3rumHQwe9d46Jfj/9iCw76stFHhStWqK0qDzI/O0mMCpdg5t6Bv U89JdystFYHKcHDFT8eEmul2b7U1Sc9S79D6k= Received: by 10.141.113.3 with SMTP id q3mr857917rvm.12.1236287145791; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:05:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? (c-98-247-73-68.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [98.247.73.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm617454rvf.9.2009.03.05.13.05.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:05:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49B03EC0.6070106@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:06:08 -0800 From: james michael User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <2E84A46F-C21C-43F3-AF2E-2B8115A0B888@hmallett.co.uk> <49B02F3E.9040002@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------050403080603030607000403" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD Bounties X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:05:47 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050403080603030607000403 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hmm, well I guess I might have jumped the gun a bit. I can see how it could be useful. I don't really believe that open source software should have a price when it comes to drivers and things like that. There are a lot of sites like this one in the aspect of paying programmers to write software, none of them directed at any one OS. I don't see the point in directing this site to freebsd. All the freebsd drivers should be open source and Libra. Victor Loureiro Lima wrote: > Well, for something like Adobe Flash Player maybe this could be true, > but what if I want to be able to use my old and unsupported Network > Card on FreeBSD, maybe there are people willing to pay something for > that... I mean, just because something isnt working as expected in all > directions that doesnt mean it is completelly useless. > > cheers, > Victor Lima > > 2009/3/5 james michael > > > I find this completely useless as a site. No one is going to get > "flash 9 on freebsd with opera" for 200 dollars. I know people > will want to add bounties to it and it will be like 250 then like > 300 and as time passes it will be a million dollars or such but I > don't think the problem is that people aren't willing to do the > work, its that places like adobe has closed its software so that > we can't really create anything. > > Hywel Mallett wrote: > > Over the last year or so I've seen a few references to > software bounties for FreeBSD, often with people commenting > that there is no way for people to pledge their support > (financial or otherwise), other than mailing lists and the like. > I decided I would bite the bullet, so I'm announcing > http://www.freebsdbounties.info > It's very early in the site's lifecycle, but hopefully it will > become a valuable resource. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing > list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > --------------050403080603030607000403--