Dear Patrick, I think your idea for a Free Software Crowd Funding platform is very interesting, and I would love to be involved in making it happen.
However, first I would like to know how we can avoid the problems listed here: http://web.dit.upm.es/~jantonio/documentos/articulos/bounty.html Perhaps the solution at the bottom of that page is a good idea to take on in the design? Ramana On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Patrick Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexander Berntsen wrote: > > the current area of research and > > experimentation needs to be how > > to we fund free game developers. > > Let's develop a new Crowd Funding > platform for Free Software where > customers vote for *future* bug- > fixes and features by committing > a "promise-to-fund" that charges > their account only if the target > is met. > > The target is set by developers > who reverse-bid for that job. > > This allows Users to guide the > direction of that fork, while > also letting subgroups fork when > large enough to attract developer. > > This Crowd Funding platform can > come in the form of a patch or > plugin or alternate client for > Ubuntu Software Center, > Google Play Store for Android, > Apple App Store and iTunes, > RedHat, SUSE, Oracle, HP, Dell, > Microsoft, etc. > > It could also be used to fund > Free Software Hosting to allow > users to safely rent instances > of software or VMs or storage > or game servers, email, etc. > > The potential for exploitation > and misuse increases as this > approach succeeds, and so we > also need a legally-binding > Social Contract that stops us > from turning sour as we grow. > > I have some very careful ideas > about what should be included > in the Social Contract. > > > Sincerely, > Patrick Anderson > http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com > >
