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Subject: Re: Allow money donations for precise bugs
From: Maurizio Colucci <seguso.forever () tin ! it>
Date: 2005-03-12 9:12:10
Message-ID: 4232B26A.6050105 () tin ! it
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Mathias Homann wrote:
> Am Samstag, 12. März 2005 09:09 schrieb Boudewijn Gailliaert:
>
>>Hi Maurizio,
>>
>>I like the idea, but I am pretty shure that a company like MS would
>>donate a lot of money to skip a few good options in KDE.
>>How would you handle such situations?
>
>
> i guess his idea would make that impossible.
> the way i understand him, he wants a "donate" button as an extension
> of the voting system (think of it as "hey i not only vote for bug
> number #abcdef to get fixed, i even pay some cash for it").
Yes but not quite. I give you an example of what I am proposing.
1. I file a bug (say "side bar with recent folders history");
2. Some developer (Jack) decides to take car of the task, and says:
"I can implement this feature in 3 months for 5000$. I declare
donations open. Donations close in 20 days, on September 6 2005.
3. People begin donating freely.
4. After 20 days, on September 6 2005:
(a) if the 5000$ threshold was reached, Jack begins working, and he
*must* deliver within 3 months.
(b) if the 5000$ were not reached, the money is refunded to the donators
(or at least it because reusable for other tasks).
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Notice there are two times to be decided:
1. six months. This is the _maximum_ time needed to implement the feature.
2. september 6 2005. We cann call this the "restitution date".
they should be all decided by the developer, I believe.
Maurizio
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