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Subject: Re: invest money in free software?
From: Shantanu Tushar Jha <jhahoneyk () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-09-22 9:24:26
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Hi Robert,
A very recent opportunity was at at Sebastian Trueg's blog ( read from this
post onwards http://trueg.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/nepomuk-fundraiser/ )
Regards,
Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530)
http://www.shantanutushar.com
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Robert Klotzner <robert.klotzner@gmx.at>wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 06:11:09 PM John Tapsell wrote:
>
> > I would really like to see bounties being raised for bugs. There
> > are a lot of problems with having bounties, and in the past such an
> > idea has been shot down, but maybe it's worth revisiting. If users
> > care about a bug being fixed, perhaps they would be willing to put up
> > a small amount of money towards it being fixed. If enough users do
> > that, it entices developers to fix the bug.
>
> Hi John!
>
> As I am thinking about creating a platform for exactly this purpose, you
> made
> me curious. Could you point me to the thread where this was discussed or
> maybe
> some could highlight the basic reasons why this idea was shot down?
>
> Because if nobody thinks this would be a good idea, I maybe should invest
> my
> time in other stuff. I think putting money in the game could in some areas
> be
> a real boost to free software. After all, people spend huge amounts of
> money
> for proprietary software, although they don't really own it after-wards. I
> think it makes a lot more sense to invest money, in more valuable, free
> software.
>
> I am really curious about the reasons, any hints are welcome. I don't want
> to
> restart any old discussions, so if this was already discussed in detail,
> please just point me to the thread of interest ;-)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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Hi Robert,<div><br></div><div>A very recent opportunity was at at Sebastian \
Trueg's blog ( read from this post onwards<a href=" \
http://trueg.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/nepomuk-fundraiser/"> \
http://trueg.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/nepomuk-fundraiser/</a> )</div> \
<div><br></div><div>Regards,<br clear="all"><div><br></div>Shantanu Tushar (UTC \
+0530)<br><a href="http://www.shantanutushar.com" \
target="_blank">http://www.shantanutushar.com</a><br> <br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Robert Klotzner <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.klotzner@gmx.at">robert.klotzner@gmx.at</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 06:11:09 PM John \
Tapsell wrote:<br> <br>
> I would really like to see bounties being raised for bugs. There<br>
> are a lot of problems with having bounties, and in the past such an<br>
> idea has been shot down, but maybe it's worth revisiting. If users<br>
> care about a bug being fixed, perhaps they would be willing to put up<br>
> a small amount of money towards it being fixed. If enough users do<br>
> that, it entices developers to fix the bug.<br>
<br>
Hi John!<br>
<br>
As I am thinking about creating a platform for exactly this purpose, you made<br>
me curious. Could you point me to the thread where this was discussed or maybe<br>
some could highlight the basic reasons why this idea was shot down?<br>
<br>
Because if nobody thinks this would be a good idea, I maybe should invest my<br>
time in other stuff. I think putting money in the game could in some areas be<br>
a real boost to free software. After all, people spend huge amounts of money<br>
for proprietary software, although they don't really own it after-wards. I<br>
think it makes a lot more sense to invest money, in more valuable, free<br>
software.<br>
<br>
I am really curious about the reasons, any hints are welcome. I don't want to<br>
restart any old discussions, so if this was already discussed in detail,<br>
please just point me to the thread of interest ;-)<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Robert<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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