Perhaps if a more formalized or structured process for managing bounties was in place, cumulative bounties would grow larger and attract more developers.
Suppose you could contribute to a bounty by placing the cash in escrow, assign a deadline, and agree to an arbiter for judging completion. Would such a system be workable? Would it encourage more development of features desired by the broad community?
Alex Balashov wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Jason Parker wrote:I have personally, on many occasions, seen somebody request a feature which I think is neat/interesting/whatever. I say "I think that's great, and I can write that." I do it *for free*, because *I* like the idea. If somebody is willing to pay me (hey, $50 will buy a pretty decent dinner for 2) for something I enjoyed doing - even better.Being an open-source developer myself, I can entirely appreciate that. The concept just seems confused, to me; if you want to have things developed in the "spirit of open-source" that you have elucidated, simply request them as a feature in some kind of systematic way. If you are trying to create incentives of a commercial nature along with that, then, in my view, don't make them half-assed. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : +1-678-954-0670 Direct : +1-678-954-0671 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
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