On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote:
> I'm thinking that we should consider *very* carefully before we > introduce payments into what had been an all-volunteer effort. You > may get people to do things they might not otherwise have done, but > you'll also make people wonder whether they should be volunteering at > all. > > Offhand, I'd say this is a really bad > idea.<http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate> Wow, I hadn't considered this. But I'm reminded of GSOC, which is essentially doing something similar. Has this effect already taken place among the volunteering patch writers? -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
