Hi Andrea, I think it is dangerous when "public" funds support a developper in a free project in which companies are associated. Just today I had a discussion with a Windows user saying he did not like the free projects because he considered that in these models, the volunteers are the losers and people who can commercially exploit the final product without reverse anything to the project itself, the winners. It is a quite common opinion among Windows users with whom I have the opportunity to discuss, probably because they haven't the habit of free projects. This is why I find preferable (but this is only my personal opinion) that a freelance developer should be paid only for his specific mission, defined by donors, and should not be "integrated and under the control of the project" for questions of independence and transparency. This should reduced the desagreable comments, I think.
A+ -- gw 2013/10/4 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > Jörg Schmidt wrote: > >> From: Raphael Bircher [mailto:r.birc...@gmx.ch] >>> outside ASF. But maybe we should create a guidline how >>> Crowdfunding could work on our community, and how we can support such >>> activity. >>> >> > There's an ongoing discussion at > http://mail-archives.apache.**org/mod_mbox/community-dev/** > 201310.mbox/date<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/201310.mbox/date> > that may offer some useful information even if the issue is slightly > different (a committer, in another Apache project, asking how to properly > use crowdfunding sites to gather money and be able to spend more time on > the project). > > > "Crowdfunding" is when: >> someone collects money or resources to *independently* make the changes >> *he* >> needs. He can return code to the project, but they must not do. >> > > This is correct. But, unless the scope is too narrow (or the code is > really bad!) often it will make sense to integrate the developed code into > Apache OpenOffice, so that the software is improved and the community can > count on a new developer. > > > I do not see that apache should set up rules or aids provide for >> Crowdfounding >> because it is not an issue for the AOO project *itself*. >> > > Indeed. But as Rob wrote it could help to have some links at least to tell > interested people the channels where they can find potential developers. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
