I've been discussing variations on an idea for a while with various people:
Form pools of users around specific application functionality that the users
share
a need for. They team up with developers to collaboratively specify and
develop
software. The users in the pool contribute a
Hi, I totally share the vision of Robert and I think there are some
web pages making this[1] a bit easier. I have no experience with them
but I think the main idea is that they don't charge the user unless
the critical amount is reached and, therefore, the project started. I
think it may encourage
Great to see several conversations coming together and with some enthusiasm
too! :) I'm very keen to work together with others on these ideas. I've also
had quite a few discussions with people from the OSGeosphere I've met during
meetings this week. I'll try to get some of my thoughts down
I've done collaborative funding projects by hand a couple times (and
am doing one now: if you are interested in faster PostGIS indexes and
have $5000+ to contribute, contact me) but have been repeatedly
surprised at the lack of infrastructure. Kickstarter is for artists.
I've seen some attempts at
I've seen (and contributed) to wiki software dev on kickstarter. It was
however 1 big fund-raising drive, not a constant bounty system.
Alex
On 06/04/2011 02:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
I've done collaborative funding projects by hand a couple times (and
am doing one now: if you are interested
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Paul Ramsey pram...@opengeo.org wrote:
I've done collaborative funding projects by hand a couple times (and
am doing one now: if you are interested in faster PostGIS indexes and
have $5000+ to contribute, contact me) but have been repeatedly
surprised at the
