On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Ian Clarke <ian at 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.
Dumb question time: how would I go about searching for hypothetical freenet tasks on gun.io? Can anyone post a job for Freenet, or only project admins? How is payment handled? If I were to post some small bounties on existing bugs, would that motivate anyone here to work on them? My budget more approximates the "hey, thanks!" level than the "reasonably hourly wage" level. Also, if it works, I think this would be an excellent use of FPI money. Evan
