Higlight The Plone Foundation and SLX Debian Labs in Norway has effectively used the funding of sprints to accomplish time-based development goals. [...] Progeny and Canonical (to name just two important examples) have done a much better job than Red Hat in sustaining voluntary work in their volunteer "upstream" project. Their models can provide inspiration to others following a similar course.
Abstract It's easier for a successful volunteer Free Software project to get money than it is to decide how to spend it. While paying developers is easy, it can carry unintended negative consequences. This essay explores problems and benefits of paying developers in volunteer free and open source projects and surveys strategies that projects have used to successfully finance development while maintaining their volunteer nature. http://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/ Regards Knut Yrvin -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
