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On Tuesday 03 February 2004 08:41, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> > I won't support any fee being charged for access to a stable Gentoo |
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> > tree. |
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> I'm also against fees. |
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> I guess that would fork Gentoo if implemented ... |
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> > The work by Gentoo developers -- my work and the work of many others |
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> > -- should be available at no cost to the public. That is the general |
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> > expectation of everyone who contributes to this project, and should |
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> > be respected. Let's not fall into the trap of charging for something |
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> > just because we can. We are not in need of the money. |
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> How about feature bounties? |
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> e.g. I need foo support in program bar, I open a bounty on |
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> bounty.gentoo.org for 50$ |
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> If someone implements it he gets x% of it, the rest goes to a good |
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> cause. |
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> This is a really strange idea, I know, but maybe this would motivate |
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> people to implement some features wanted by many. |
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> And it would motivate the implementation of "boring" work. |
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> Any comments? |
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I think the good cause should be gentoo. It also has the risk of |
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developers implementing substandard solutions just because of the money. |
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However I think it would be a better idea than charging for the tree. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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