I don't want to sound snarky, but could you offer a pointer or two to get somebody started who wanted to find the problems (and perhaps some suggested solutions) with the way Digium is doing Open Source? I am genuinely interested.
Currently, I'm inclined to agree that some sort of escrow-ed bountty-for-features type system would be beneficial. As a guy with a telephony background but no programming, it might be useful for me to be able to contribute cash toward solving a problem or creating a feature that would be profitable to me. As it is, I see that I would have 3 options... 1. Wait and hope. 2. Fund it completely - hire somebody myself. Not necessarily unreasonable, depending on work:benefit of the particular feature/fix. 3. Find some other people that will share the cost with me. Again, not unreasonable but I think the OP's suggestion would make this a lot easier. If it was widely adopted. But that was the question, wasn't it? Paul Brown Birmingham, AL > I would respectfully suggest that you look further into the reasons for > the failure of Digium's implementation of the Open Source Model before > you canvas the community with requests for funding. > > Regards > Craig Lawrence > > Summary: > Would you help fund different Open-Source Asterisk enhancements, > bugfixes, or documentation if there was a way to collectively > contribute money towards the effort without a profit margin _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz