What was around one year of Sergej full time development ? What was 3 man-moths (or even more) full time development donated by iMeta ?
2010/2/3 Ayende Rahien <[email protected]> > Were there any donations > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can we take the recent past and no so recent past, of NHibernate >> "donations", as example of a possible funds management ? >> >> 2010/2/3 Davy Brion <[email protected]> >> >> personally, i don't think the money should go to the committers... yeah, >>> we do work on it for free but most of us do it because we _want_ to work on >>> it, not because it might someday pay some bills >>> >>> i would vote for spending the money on infrastructure... a faster jira >>> server, a faster svn server, things like that... >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Steve Strong <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think the idea is a great one, particularly the offer to match >>>> donations - very kind! I do have a couple of comments - firstly, whenever >>>> money gets involved, some people have a tendency to loose sight of reality >>>> and start seeing $$$ signs in front of their eyes. Given that, I would >>>> suggest that we as a group define the rules for how this works prior to >>>> taking donations - that way, everyone (us and those donating) understand >>>> where the money is going and we don't end up in pointless arguments. I >>>> suspect the levels of money won't be all that high, but you never can tell >>>> and knowing how it is to be distributed is important. I think we need to >>>> answer questions like: >>>> >>>> - Who is eligible for the money? Any committer? Only "active" >>>> committers? What defines "active"? >>>> - How is the money split? Do all committers (however that's defined) >>>> get the same amount? Is it split by number of commits? Number of >>>> lines of >>>> code changed? >>>> - Who owns the bank account? Who has visibility of it? Is it >>>> available for public viewing? >>>> - Do we have any other needs for money other than just distributing >>>> it amongst individuals? Should we keep a pot for "NHibernate" >>>> activities, >>>> such as perhaps sponsoring the occasional conference? Hell, if there's >>>> enough cash we could even have an NHibernate stand! NHibernate T-Shirts >>>> & >>>> Mugs anyone?! >>>> >>>> Secondly, I don't see why you shouldn't take a share of this Ayende - >>>> you have made many contributions to the project, and I see NHProf as >>>> something different. Although your *knowledge* of NH helped you write it, >>>> there was nothing about being a committer that made it possible. Anyone >>>> else *could* have written NHProf without being a committer if they'd had >>>> both the idea and the ambition to take it forward. NHProf will make its own >>>> money and has its own associated costs. I don't really see the two (your >>>> commercial activity with NHProf and your altruistic activity with NH) are >>>> related. If they are, then any one of us that undertakes commercial NH >>>> consultancy or writes or contributes to an NH book etc. would also have to >>>> come under the same rules. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/02/2010 17:23, Ayende Rahien wrote: >>>> >>>> Guys, >>>> >>>> I am setting up a donation campaign for NHibernate. As part of that >>>> campaign, my company will donate 5,000$ for the project. >>>> >>>> Below is the text of the blog post that I intend to post. I would like >>>> to get your comments and any suggestions on how to make this better. >>>> >>>> >>>> NHibernate is the most popular Open Source Object Relational Mapper in >>>> the .NET framework. As an Open Source project, all the work done on it is >>>> done for free. We would like to be able to dedicate more time to >>>> NHibernate, but even as a labor of love, the amount of time that we can >>>> spend on a free project is limited. >>>> >>>> In order to facilitate that, we opened a donation >>>> campaign<http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8615>that will allow you to donate >>>> money to the project. >>>> >>>> [image: Click here to lend your support to: NHibernate and make a >>>> donation at www.pledgie.com !] <http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/8615> >>>> >>>> *What is this money going to be used for?* >>>> >>>> This money will go directly to NHibernate committers, in order to >>>> sponsor the development of NHibernate itself. >>>> >>>> As one caveat of that, none of that money is going to go to me >>>> personally. As you are probably aware, I have my own commercial interest in >>>> NHibernate (NHibernate Profiler <http://nhprof.com/>), so I don’t feel >>>> I should benefit from the donations. >>>> >>>> *Donation Matching* >>>> >>>> Moreover, my company, Hibernating Rhinos<http://hibernatingrhinos.com/>, >>>> is going to *match any donation *to this campaign (to a total limit of >>>> 5,000$), as a way to give back to the NHibernate project for the excellent >>>> software it produced. >>>> >>>> *Why should you donate?* >>>> >>>> If you are a user of NHibernate, you gained a lot from build on such a >>>> solid foundation. We ask to you to donate so that we can make the project >>>> even better. If your company uses NHibernate, ask it to donate to this >>>> campaign. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Fabio Maulo >> >> > -- Fabio Maulo
