On 2/28/06, Ray Heasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
Those sound good. How about a few more: 7) HDL code to stress-test OGD1 boards 8) Software code to stress-test any OGP/Traversal product > 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. Yeah. There are things that are on the edge of one of those or hard to define. For instance, some early list members were experts in 3D graphics. What they contributed was knowledge about how do develop a 3D engine and advice on what OpenGL features to include and leave out. Those people should easily qualify. > > I like the idea of rewarding people for documentation. It is > traditionally a weakness in open source projects. Me too! > > 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. Ok. We can let the sponsor deal directly with the developer. If the sponsor wants to pay the developer directly some extra money, that's cool. If the sponsor wants to pay us, then we'll just put that money towards as many cards as appropriate and give them away to needy developers. > How many people do you think would pay money to sponsor a card for Linus > Torvalds or Alan Cox? :-) Those guys can probably afford to pay for their own. :) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
