Hi :) Has anyone found an early post in this thread and forwarded it off to the board-discuss list and /or devs list or other place we might get some good feedback about credibility? I kinda trust Joel but can't remember where the original post came from. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Adam Tauno Williams <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 13:46 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Microfund your favourite Issue > >On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 09:06 -0800, Joel Madero wrote: >> > > > I wonder, though, how would the fixed bug integrate into the code >> > > > maintained by the LibO crew. >> > > It is open to anyone, and anyone is welcome to contribute so that >> > > wouldn't be an issue. Interesting discussion happening here, please keep >> > > it alive and pass the word :-D >> > I haven't seen a message in this thread from someone with an libreoffice >> > e-mail address... is this at all 'sanctioned' by the project? Someone >> > in the project on-board? Someone credible is vouching that >> > www.freedomsponsors.org is legit and on-the-level? >> I am a contributor for LibreOffice both in development and QA. I wouldn't >> say it's "sanctioned" (ie. we're not saying definitely use this service) >> but it has been used successfully at least once or twice before. This being >> said, it's still no guarantee that it'll get your enhancement done >> immediately but it's okay to offer funding to have your bug fixed. > >Of course. > >> It's just up to developers to decide if the payment is a) necessary for >>them >> and b) enough that they'll do it :) >> We are currently working on getting these details on the website along with >> are certified developer list with their fee schedules. Not sure when this > >Excellent; this is a great idea. I've just been around for decades and >I've seen some of these kind of sites come and go, and some have been a >bit skeezy. > >It is comforting to know that active participant are involved with this >effort. > >-- >Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383 >Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
