People can already sponsor issues on https://freedomsponsors.org (there is a link on every issue in JIRA to sponsor the issue). So, there is some precedent for "donations" for work on plugins.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 7:13 PM Nick Grealy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/37dd2a0c-d039-471b-ba1d-c59bc6ea0c5c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/37dd2a0c-d039-471b-ba1d-c59bc6ea0c5c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVeLmOdOXNS321Wb%2BbfKg3sJLXobhtKFLh5PY%3DkuWXEtwA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
