From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 5 18:24:18 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 B83AA1065672 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@ixsystems.com) Received: from n5a.bullet.mud.yahoo.com (n5a.bullet.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.126.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 760E78FC0C for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@ixsystems.com) Received: from [68.142.194.243] by n5.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Mar 2009 18:10:24 -0000 Received: from [68.142.201.252] by t1.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Mar 2009 18:10:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp413.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Mar 2009 18:10:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 221478.78657.bm@omp413.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 39678 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2009 18:10:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.221?) (matt@99.0.6.240 with plain) by smtp108.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2009 18:10:23 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: fH9MYGAVM1kZDLDIyuI5ZClXY_ODtcZrOanR5kev80Yg1eGbHaySzMVpbbgNt5VpSg1bYObyuL5zyG1CtEgl7t6c9jjD6eobUsni8XP6gDLr6fUEhtlD6jDFrMLZP9Uz0m4REpnksgRCPCbbhutXjSOQX59ezFgwdOCu1axyX765_HUVR5sTgiPBIcE2ACw5rFvi7xmkcrX8ngTYb7EDIo4- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-Id: <6F04DAF2-203D-43AD-8AA2-7FBAA0033222@ixsystems.com> From: Matt Olander To: Hywel Mallett In-Reply-To: <20090305143932.2m5hub4n4w0swk0o@www.hmallett.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:10:22 -0800 References: <20090305143932.2m5hub4n4w0swk0o@www.hmallett.co.uk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: FreeBSD Chat , melanie@pcbsd.org Subject: Re: 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 18:24:19 -0000 On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Hywel Mallett wrote: > 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 Hello Hywel! Awesome! The interesting thing is that I was just typing an email last night to ask for contributions and volunteers on a similar idea and site but I fell asleep! Perhaps we're destined to combine forces ;-) We've got a site in development called www.SponsorBSD.org where sponsors can post a project, and other people can contribute financially towards the bounty. Multiple developers can then sign up for that project and contribute code that is viewable by all via web cvs or that remains private in case of closed bounties. A founding sponsor, team leader, or admin can then divvy the bounty up to the contributors based on effort or selected solution. All it needs is perhaps a little design love, some minimal PHP programming, and a bit of testing. Mail isn't setup yet but it will still allow registrations. We'll get the mail setup this weekend. I've cc'd Melanie, from the PC-BSD Project, as she's volunteered to help get the word out and coordinate volunteers. If you're interested in contributing, please send Melanie an email. Hywel, I'll contact you off list about potentially teaming up! best, -matt