-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 03 February 2004 08:41, Patrick Lauer wrote: > > I won't support any fee being charged for access to a stable Gentoo > > tree. > > I'm also against fees. > I guess that would fork Gentoo if implemented ... > > > The work by Gentoo developers -- my work and the work of many others > > -- should be available at no cost to the public. That is the general > > expectation of everyone who contributes to this project, and should > > be respected. Let's not fall into the trap of charging for something > > just because we can. We are not in need of the money. > > How about feature bounties? > > e.g. I need foo support in program bar, I open a bounty on > bounty.gentoo.org for 50$ > If someone implements it he gets x% of it, the rest goes to a good > cause. > This is a really strange idea, I know, but maybe this would motivate > people to implement some features wanted by many. > > And it would motivate the implementation of "boring" work. > > Any comments?
I think the good cause should be gentoo. It also has the risk of developers implementing substandard solutions just because of the money. However I think it would be a better idea than charging for the tree. Paul - -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAH3I9bKx5DBjWFdsRAuWpAKCZmGbUKw5ZT06UoUuNodInoZNTigCbBsH2 XEmLif2TZ9YQ/OOm9sHbwMs= =uxev -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
