Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:45:21 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> To: Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net> Cc: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Re: $$$$ [was: Re: To the Armchair Directors] Message-ID: <20040315204521.GB77608@isis.wad.cz> In-Reply-To: <40560220.4010709@bis.midco.net> References: <beptbeatot.tbe@mail.comcast.net> <89577.1079373410@critter.freebsd.dk> <6.0.1.1.1.20040315182448.03c4feb0@imap.sfu.ca> <40560220.4010709@bis.midco.net>
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# pmes@bis.midco.net / 2004-03-15 13:21:04 -0600:
> Colin Percival wrote:
> > Naturally, money is a good motivator for wishlist items. FreeBSD
> >Update has cost me both time and money; being a DPhil student, I have
> >little of one and less of the other. (Rant: Why, when people pay $60
> >per year to get access to RedHat's updates, will nobody give me any
> >money for FreeBSD Update? Over 2500 happy users, and the only time
> >anyone has sent me anything was when I begged for the money to buy a
> >5.x buildbox.)
>
> I think it would be cool if the project as a whole were pushier about
> getting people to pony up some dough. Has there ever been a push for
> cash? I'm thinking something like a "Beneficiary of the Month" type
> thing that urges people to contribute. I know I would prefer to give a
> small amount every month than to giving a lump some to this or that
> random committer.
Perhaps this would be an inspiration: http://www.horde.org/bounties/
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