Sounds good to me. I’m +1 to try it out. We would need to also add this as a way to contribute to the project in http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing
Thanks -Vincent On 11 Aug 2014 at 16:49:02, Eduard Moraru ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > Hi devs, > > Reviving this thread since I`ve stumbled upon this again while looking for > Fundry alternatives after a user asked on IRC for ways to donate to the > XWiki project. > > The stats [1] on this website look promising and, since the vote was > positive on this matter, I suggest we go ahead and install the JIRA plugin > [2] that adds the link to sponsor an issue. > > While going again through the website`s documentation, it`s very clear that > this is not a way to sponsor the project, but only to sponsor particular > issues and the developer that implements them. This way we have no issues > with the lack of an XWiki foundation for receiving money, since it's the > particular dev that gets the money. > > Also, this is not a complete solution to the sponsorship/donations issue, > as other solutions can be implemented along side it (e.g. actually donating > to the project, maybe through a foundation), but it is IMO a good first > step into accepting financial contributions from the community. > > As an added bonus, since contrib projects can use XWiki's jira as well, > this means that contrib projects can also benefit from this and have > sponsored issues. > > Thanks, > Eduard > > ---------- > [1] https://freedomsponsors.org/stats/ > [2] https://github.com/freedomsponsors/freedomsponsors-jira-plugin > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Eduard Moraru wrote: > > > From Vincent's link[1], I see that this is intended, as it is actually the > > system's philosophy which is OK in theory, but it is also obvious that it > > can be abused. > > > > "Once the issue is officially solved the sponsors can verify whether their > > problem is really gone (according to the established criteria) and pay the > > developer - otherwise they can just walk away. > > > > *This is very important*: there is nothing on the system forcing anybody > > to pay anything. There are no escrows and no pre-paid credits whatsoever. > > This is not an implementation detail – it’s by philosophy. > > > > The whole thing is *voluntary* to begin with. We want sponsors to pay the > > developers because they feel grateful for their work, tipically after their > > problem is actually solved." > > > > Of course, if they did try to handle this issue technically, it would have > > been pretty complex to decide when the task was complete according to the > > sponsor's intention and established criteria. I guess they preferred to > > have a (hypothetical) frustrated dev that was expecting a payoff for an > > issue rather than having a (hypothetical) frustrated sponsor that payed for > > something that was not quite what he wanted :) > > > > Anyway, I still think it would not hurt to try it and see how it goes. > > > > Thanks, > > Eduard > > > > ---------- > > [1] http://blog.freedomsponsors.org/about/ > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ludovic Dubost wrote: > > > >> Isn't there a control mecanism once the person ready to fix it says "start > >> working on it" ? > >> At that point if the site does not block the money then it's risky > >> > >> Ludovic > >> > >> > >> 2013/3/5 Eduard Moraru > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Yes, I really like the fact that it's integrated with jira and that > >> > everything is contextualized. > >> > > >> > However, I am a bit reserved about the success it is going to have, > >> since, > >> > AFAIU, there is nothing stopping people from spam-funding issues they > >> want > >> > fixed, but in the end decide that they are not going to fund any of the > >> > work that has been done. Hope that will not be the case and that devs > >> will > >> > be aware of this possibility and will primarily do it for the fun :) > >> > > >> > Anyway, I like the idea and I`m definitely +1 for trying it out. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Eduard > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Vincent Massol > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > >> [email protected] > >> > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > This seams very similar to Sergiu's ideas some time ago when we > >> tried > >> > > > with Fundry. > >> > > > >> > > Indeed, the idea is the same but the implementation different and I > >> think > >> > > the link from the jira issue can make a difference. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks > >> > > -Vincent > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Thanks, > >> > > > Caty > >> > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Thomas Mortagne > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Vincent Massol > >> > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> On Mar 5, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Thomas Mortagne < > >> > [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>>> Looks interesting. > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>>> But who get the money exactly ? > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> Anyone who implements what's asked. > >> > > >> > >> > > >> +1 then > >> > > >> > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> See http://blog.freedomsponsors.org/about/ for details. > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> -Vincent > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>>> Can contributors be assigned to issues > >> > > >>>> or is it only for the project itself (in that case it's not > >> going to > >> > > >>>> be very simple since we don't have any entity yet) ? > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Vincent Massol < > >> [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > >>>>> Hi devs, > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> WDYT of doing like Jenkins is doing and adding a "Sponsor this > >> > > issue" button on JIRA? > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> For example: > >> > > >>>>> https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-9030 > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> When you click it redirects to > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > > >> > > >> http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/login/?next=/core/issue/sponsor%3FtrackerURL%3Dhttps%3A//issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-9030 > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> You can check > >> > > >>>>> http://www.freedomsponsors.org/ > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> It could be interesting to try it and see how it goes. > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> WDYT? > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> Thanks > >> > > >>>>> -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
