https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3959
--- Comment #344 from ther <[email protected]> --- (In reply to orcmid from comment #342) > > It is possible, of course, to fund a *developer* or a team of developers, if > one found a *credible* team that is willing to do it and can provide a > budget for what it would cost, including testing and integration into an AOO > release. They would need to consist of established committers who could > arrange a way to work the changes into the code base (on a branch, say) and > pull together all of the changes that would be needed, stage them somehow, > ensure good QA, etc. > > A kickstarter would have to be created by someone making a credible offer to > accomplish the work. I think that is tricky, because it involves a serious > commitment and it could fail to succeed within the funding and any promised > schedule. So we're back to finding the capacity to do the job "on spec" and > then willing to loft a kickstarter to fund it. It would be interesting to > see what the minimum funding would be, and also what the stretch goals might > be. There needs to be some serious up-front feasibility work before seeking > funding, I would say. To avoid the risk of funding failure, alternative platforms should be considered, i.e. those that allow projects to proceed with the money received during a certain time, without having to meet the original value requested. Suppose € 1000 is requested, but € 500 received after 30 days. The project plan should be flexible enough to adjust to the budget received. If the revised plan completed 1 task instead of 3 tasks in the original, at least the successful completion of task 1 should be used to give credibility to future programmers and funders, that progress can be made. Another proposal can be made at a later date, i.e. an iterative crowdfund process. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the issue. You are the assignee for the issue.
