From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 5 14:39:35 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 1DD1B1065675 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hywel@hmallett.co.uk) Received: from lisbon.directrouter.com (lisbon.directrouter.com [72.249.30.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5E08FC13 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hywel@hmallett.co.uk) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by lisbon.directrouter.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LfEjV-0008FZ-1N for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:39:33 -0600 Received: from 82.111.203.2 ([82.111.203.2]) by www.hmallett.co.uk (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:39:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20090305143932.2m5hub4n4w0swk0o@www.hmallett.co.uk> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:39:32 +0000 From: Hywel Mallett To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.6) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - lisbon.directrouter.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - hmallett.co.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Announcing 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 14:39:35 -0000 A few times in the past some people (notably the guys from rsync.net) have offered bounties to encourage FreeBSD development. These have usually been announced on the mailing lists, and if others want to offer their support, then they can, but maybe it's not as easy to collate all the information as it could be. Some research reveals that there is unlikely to be any official list of bounties, due to the legal status of FreeBSD. As a result, I decided to create a site where people can offer bounties, others can lend their support, and developers can be sign up to claim the bounties. At the moment it's still in the early stages, but hopefully it'll grow and prove to be a valuable resource for the FreeBSD community. Check it out at http://www.freebsdbounties.info All feedback is appreciated. Hywel (This message was sent to freebsd-chat yesterday, but I think it may have been munched by a spam filter. Apologies if it's a dupe.)