From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 19:03:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EBA1106566B; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:03:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattjeet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09BF8FC08; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:03:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhfs35 with SMTP id s35so1481952yhf.13 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:03:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3XOk+mFZpPuEfFNuhFSUZB08bDgJyops20H48te32y4=; b=U51G+WXli5CQIdNiQIFGfOOpNFYnMyROIKBhiB+BhdKudhFWkl1ZYUgEJ4HpRSUvNu fvcGrdqLOSHVFkT19Ys1GrV3+bIu6yWiG7SM79NRk1G+CBjlgf4aaHCULFcMQRQqRHG8 8ezfyiSFW6Gnvs1sxsX2CeWyJztSYLBy/wE3o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.154.5 with SMTP id g5mr34007176yhk.63.1326913417935; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:03:37 -0800 (PST) Sender: mattjeet@gmail.com Received: by 10.101.46.10 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:03:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4F15C44F.1030208@freebsd.org> <1326836797.1669.234.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F16019F.2060300@FreeBSD.org> <1326843399.1669.249.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F160B99.1060001@FreeBSD.org> <4F16900A.90905@FreeBSD.org> <4F170623.4080006@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:03:37 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AAbptAA-X7wmuuNQKrtBr9pY_UA Message-ID: From: Matt Olander To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson , Igor Mozolevsky , Andriy Gapon , Ian Lepore Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: matt@ixsystems.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:03:39 -0000 On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Adam Vande More w= rote: > I've suggested this before without much response, but since this thread > seems to be encouraging repetition I'll give it another go. =A0;) > > I think a bounty system would be very effective(e.g. micro-donations of > recent political campaigns) in getting many of these problems resolved. > The main problem with a bounty system is getting people to pay since > certain needs/desires lose their urgency over time. =A0To address this, t= he > system needs to be an escrow type setup where money is pooled until proje= ct > is complete, then payment in full is given. > > There are large barriers to entry in setting up such a system though such > as legal and financial hurdles. =A0I don't believe the technical hurdles = are > over-whelming and I would be willing develop a web front end for such a > system. =A0Because of the barriers I believe such a system should be setu= p > and spun off by the FreeBSD Foundation and I don't want to do any dev > unless there is some momentum. Hi Adam, I went down this road sometime ago and went so far as to create a portal so that iXsystems could manage the transactions (collect the funds and make sure everyone got paid). We put a bit of work into it and we would be happy to hand the keys over to the Foundation if it's useful at all. http://sponsorbsd.org/ Let me know off-list if you'd like access to look at the code. It's a simple CakePHP app and needs a little bit of love but worked originally before we migrated the server. Cheers, -matt