https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56036
--- Comment #17 from Joel Madero <[email protected]> --- Hey Ed - Standard rate is pretty hard to define - for one single individual it is probably too expensive. My understanding is that developers charge between $40-$100/hr and that it can take several hours just to locate the code that is causing the problem (we have about 10 million lines of code). As for crowd sourcing - TDF does not endorse any but there are a few that exists (I am yet to see it be very successful, everyone thinks their own bug is so serious that everyone will contribute to fix it and later find out that hardly anyone is really willing to donate ... and those that do typically donate a few bucks...well short of the needed amount). One possibility is freedom sponsor. Lastly, donations do not pay for developers. TDF has no developers on staff for a variety of reasons. There are reasons why we should have them, but the Board has addressed this a number of times and the negatives far outweigh the positives. I should write a blog about this (I've done a similar one about crowd sourcing generally (https://joelmadero.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/why-tdf-doesnt-do-crowd-funding/). Donations pay for a few paid staff (part time/full time) that maintain the infrastructure and coordinate projects (to some extent). It also pays for events (such as hackfests where people get together and do a "blitz" of hacking, our experience is that these are highly productive). Lastly, it pays for the actual infrastructure - tens of millions of downloads along with all the fancy tools, bug trackers, etc... require a lot of infrastructure. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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