This is something I would get pretty excited about. +1 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Ian Clarke <i...@freenetproject.org> wrote:
> I recieved the following email from Rich Jones, creator of Gun.io. This > could be a very interesting way for us to get specific tasks done... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > ...snip... > > My name is Rich Jones, and I'm the lead developer and director of a > project called Gun.io, a platform for open source project managers to raise > funds and to hire open source freelancers for microtasks on their projects. > I'm writing to you today to invite you to give it a try! > > The way it works is pretty simple: you post a task which needs to be done > for your project and offer up an amount of money to pay for it. Other > people can then contribute to this pool of money, or they can work on the > task assigned. The first person to complete the task to your satisfaction > will then be awarded all of the money in the pool. > > Gun.io is perfect for discrete tasks that your project needs to move > forward, like fixing bugs, adding new features, and writing tests, examples > and documentation. It's a great way to raise and spend funds, too, as your > donors will know that their contributions are going directly to improving > the project. Gun.io is how you turn a good project into a great project. > > Gun.io has already used successfully by the Etherpad Foundation and > Mozilla, the makers of Firefox. We are a fairly new project, but we already > have thousands of registered developers who will be notified when your gig > is posted. > > This is also completely free for open source projects! I developed Gun.io > because I am an open source developer myself, and I wanted to hire > assistance for my projects but was unsatisfied with offshore freelancers. I > wanted to build a community-based solution which would have open source > developers working for each other, so that's what we've made. I think that > Freenet could really benefit from what we've built, so please give it a try! > > You can see our homepage here: http://gun.io > you can browse our open source gigs here: http://gun.io/open/ > and you can post your own here: http://gun.io/open/new/ > > If you've got any questions or comments (or if you just want to chat), > feel free to email me any time at rich dot gun dot io. > > > -- > Ian Clarke > Founder, The Freenet Project > Email: i...@freenetproject.org > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl@freenetproject.org > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
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