Philip Hands dijo [Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 09:47:18AM +0100]: > Manu Sporny <mspo...@digitalbazaar.com> writes: > ... > That is an assumption that I happen to think is completely unfounded. > > IBM tested various ways of incentivising coders decades ago -- almost > (...) > We tried DuncTank -- I'd contend that the net amount of productive work > (...) > It is bound to direct money to highly visible projects, regardless of > (...) > How do we determine a fair split between a couple of developers, one > (...) > I presume we'd be open about what people were being paid? How about if > (...) > I'm not against people being paid for Free Software work -- that's what > (...) > If a developer and their customer negotiate a deal, nobody but the > (...) > In conclusion, I think this is a very dangerous idea, and that it would > cause nothing but trouble. The main underlying assumption is wrong. > People work on Debian as amateurs, in the best sense of the word > (i.e. motivated by the love of it, not for financial gain). An influx > of mercenaries would not be a net gain. > > If it were needed or useful, Debian would not exist. > > If it was a really good idea then we'd all be using something like > Mandrake instead.
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