Re: [gentoo-project] Fundraising for incremental service level

[Michał Górny]

On Fri, 2020-07-17 at 10:15 +0100, Andrey Utkin wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 07:04:39AM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> > 2. Are developers hired to work full-time on Gentoo going to qualify for
> > the extra money too?
>
> It doesn't matter what's employment status of any particular developers.
>
> Nobody is automatically eligible for any extra money.
>
> First such funds become available to the lead of the funding campaign. Their
> reputation is on the line and they are responsible for the overall result. It
> is up to them how they redistribute it with collaborators (they should have a
> plan upfront, in fact). Again, rewards for collaborators are not a gratitude
> for being there in Gentoo, but for the extra work to achieve previously
> unachievable goal.

That's ok but there still should be some distro-wide supervision.  Money
is a tricky thing, and a failure in any individual bounty campaign will
not only influence its lead's reputation but also Gentoo's reputation
and the result of future campaigns.

I mean, if one developer screws up in whatever way, the tagline will be
'Gentoo project X funding campaign fails', and people will be less
likely to try a future funding campaign.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny