Hi all,

I just had a quick question:

   - What is Jenkins stance on developers accepting donations/payment for 
   providing a Jenkins plugin?

I think there's an argument to be made, for allowing developers to put a 
"donate" button, on the wiki page of the plugin they contributed to (I 
wouldn't mind someone shouting me a coffee!). Jenkins itself, is no 
stranger to accepting donations 
<https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Donation>. 

I had a quick look in the forums and websites, I couldn't find anything 
condoning or condemning the practice.

Some things to take consider:

   - it may be a slippery slope changing the core nature of community 
   plugins (e.g. developers only delivering features/fixing bugs for paid 
   work) - is this a bad thing? Bugs will get fixed faster if someone is 
   bankrolling work, as opposed to whenever "I get a free minute".
   - things may get murky with multiple developers (i.e. who get's what?)
   - can we "advertise" (links to donations directly on the Jenkins 
   wiki/github/elsewhere?)


Thoughts? Is this the right place to ask?

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