Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:03:37 -0800 From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle Message-ID: <CAK6u07WD=w8o2GYS0AwTH2tHGU8t5FRedeHiy4GF-p2Xx3pa_Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK0=huiiY_c_2Ln0pGonBc-LAdAua-uy9UqKr4S8mYWY8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211415580.19710@kozubik.com> <op.v78i3yxi34t2sn@tech304> <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> <CADWvR2jdeu6R%2BmX1n2Uz1WUBcZ=BKWSDB4nR-rEv_P4jAZg3HQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F16900A.90905@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201181121010.51158@fledge.watson.org> <4F170623.4080006@freebsd.org> <CA%2BtpaK0=huiiY_c_2Ln0pGonBc-LAdAua-uy9UqKr4S8mYWY8g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> 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
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