Hello, > From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:legi...@gmail.com]
> We see in Star citizen how mighty crowd can be. > > Maybe a platform would be great where people can pledge money > for something > they need. > If the needed budget is reached, payed developers implement it. > Or we could do it as a bonus system. You pledge money on a > bug/enhancement, > if the bug gets included in the release the developers get a payout. > This is just an idea. I am not sure if we can do business > within the ASF or > if we have to found a 3rd party entity for this. > If we have to go 3rd party I prefer a cooperative society as > a legal form. > https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/social-economy/cooperative > s/european-cooperative-society_de You are basically right, but let me give the following information. Team OpenOffice was such a project. The participants were mainly experienced OpenOffice developers from SUN Microsystems. See: https://web.archive.org/web/20120107200702/http://teamopenoffice.org/de/the-team-de.html But Apache made a front against this project and so it was no chance. The only short-term result was "White Label Office", see for example: http://www.chip.de/downloads/White-Label-Office_53492033.html I do not want to criticize one-sidedly, here is a different view: http://www.golem.de/1112/88663.html But Apache is the larger party and it would be the task of Apache to recognize opportunities and bundle forces. This is unfortunately the truth and it is a central problem for OpenOffice. btw: A project such as "Team OpenOffice" did not necessarily need a commercial orientation (eg in Germany a gGmbH https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzige_GmbH one possibility), but such a project needs the recognition of Apache. Greetings, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
