On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 16:25 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > On 2/28/06, Ray Heasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 21:20 +0100, Attila Kinali wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:11:38 -0500 > > > "Timothy Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > But no one should want to buy OGD1 to get a graphics card. They might > > > > get one if they want to help DESIGN a graphics card, however. > > > > > > Exactly. The problem is, how do we manage the PR, that > > > 1) We can sell an FPGA board, while > > > 2) promoting the development of an graphics card > > > > How about this: > > > > Sell the card at a good price for a FPGA development card. Make it just > > cheap enough that it will appeal to that market. > > > > Then, state that: > > > > If you register the card, and if you help with development of the OGP > > video card, you will be given a large rebate on the card later when you > > meet certain requirements. > > > > Timothy would have to pick carefully what the requirements for the > > rebate would be. I would suggest something like: > > > > 1) At least 250 lines of code was submitted by the card owner and > > accepted into the project. > > or > > 2) Some third party is chosen to declare who has made a significant > > contribution and their decisions are final. > > or > > 3) Something else > > or > > 4) Some combination of the above > > > > This would have the advantage that the OG Project would be getting and > > giving value for value. If you want a decent FPGA dev board, you can buy > > it from OGP at a good price. If you want to develop a cool open source > > graphics card and actually do so, then you get a reasonably priced > > platform on which to do so. In a way, OGP pays you (your own money) for > > your work. > > > > This would have the advantage that people will be encouraged to follow > > through on their dreams of helping OGP development. ;-) > > > > What do you think? > > I think it's great. Let's hash out, right here, what those > requirements should be. The main idea is to filter out leaches, while > not accidentally excluding someone who did make a meaningful > contribution.
Well, what do we want from contributors? I think we want, at the very least: 1) HDL code 2) Drivers for Linux 3) BIOS code 4) Layout/Schematic design 5) Documentation for all of the above 6) Documentation for users We need to tie requirements for a rebate to the above. Also, there should be an escape method for you to just give people a rebate if you think they deserve it. I like the idea of rewarding people for documentation. It is traditionally a weakness in open source projects. > The other question is, for some people who cannot afford the retail > price, how would they get the initial retail amount to spend so that > they can get the rebate form to send in? Instant rebate for some > people? :) Hm. I see this as almost a separate problem. I think some sort of patron program in addition to rebates makes sense. Basically a patron would adopt a developer, and their money would go to reducing the cost of that developer's card. If there is any overflow, it would be up to OGP to decide what to do with it: either pay the developer per hour if it makes sense, or use the money to sponsor another developer. How many people do you think would pay money to sponsor a card for Linus Torvalds or Alan Cox? :-) Cheers, Ray _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
