Peter, See my comments regarding my motivations for doing this. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Peter Smulovics <[email protected]>wrote:
> And what about the wise old guys, who does not currently work on the > project (we are drinking cocktails with small umbrellas in it ;)? Like > mthird, Mike or myself? > > > On 2010-02-04, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 for re-do CSM at www.nhforge.org but only if it is really needed... > > > > 2010/2/3 Richard Brown (gmail) <[email protected]> > > > >> > >> I agree that the logistics of how to distribute money to committers > would > >> be hard to tie down ... to pay me to fix a bug might take 4 days, but > the > >> same bug could be fixed by Fabio/Ayende/etc in 2 hours. (Not to mention > I > >> keep my daily rates suitably high ... so perhaps NH couldn't afford me? > >> [image: > >> Winking smile emoticon] ) I do this for personal achievement, and I am > >> happy to contribute time whenever I practically can. > >> > >> > >> In addition, I would feel genuinely guilty accepting money after coming > to > >> the project so late in the day, and contributing a comparatively small > >> amount, especially considering the time and effort from the many > >> committers > >> before me. Another thing to consider is that NHibernate is more than > just > >> the committers ... the community who spend time answering questions in > the > >> users group contribute just as much as committers. Wouldn't they > deserve > >> to > >> be paid too? > >> > >> > >> I like the idea of having a fund for things the project might need. If > >> not > >> for servers, then for anything else we might need (a web designer to > make > >> the NhForge look as nice as the jQuery site > >> http://forum.jquery.com/#chome? > >> We really should steal/borrow those nice icons at the top of the page) > ... > >> or I liked the idea of mugs n t-shirts. [image: Smile emoticon] > >> > >> > >> Oh ... and ... as a contractor in the UK ... don't even get me started > on > >> TAX!! > >> > >> > >> *From:* Ayende Rahien <[email protected]> > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:00 PM > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Subject:* Re: [nhibernate-development] NHibernate donation campaign > >> > >> > >>>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Fabio Maulo > >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> and sine when to donate time is different than donate money ? > >>>>>> Wasn't Steve's time paid ? > >>>>>> Sergej was hired (probably as Steve is a iMeta's employee), sure, > and > >>>>>> that is a little bit different than donate and receive an invoice. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Suppositions: > >>>>>> Tomorrow the XYZ company is available to pay 3 months of Richard's > >>>>>> time > >>>>>> to work in NH. > >>>>>> After tomorrow the ZYX company is available to pay 3 weeks of Tuna's > >>>>>> time to work in NH. > >>>>>> ranlix company is available to spent 3 days of Davy's time to fix > >>>>>> something or develop a new feature. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > > > > > -- > > Fabio Maulo > > >
