On 9/14/22 6:16 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Stefan wrote: > In article <jwvpmfz3tu1.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org> you > write: > >> the interest of the user. These "volunteers" obviously have other, > >> possibly malicious, interests if they prove themselves unwilling to > >> apply fixes to bugs that are reported to them. > > > >I think there's a confusion here: these volunteers will also have > >"other, possibly malicious, interests" even if they are willing/eager > >to apply fixes to bugs that are reported to them. > > > >Same goes for people you pay, so it's not specific to volunteers. > >And of course it's also not specific to a particular kind of license. > > Thanks Stefan, it's great to see that some people understand the > issues. > > I'll be brutally honest: being accused of "possibly malicious" > unwilligness is *not* a great way to convince overstretched volunteers > to spend their time on issues. >
Thank you Steve, for the work you do as maintaining the grub software packages on Debian. I am not against giving maintainers like Steve just compensation for the work they do fixing bugs, and by compensation I mean money. Why not require the user to pay a small fee when reporting a bug which can be used to provide just compensation for the services the maintainers provide to the community when the maintainer fixes bugs? I would be willing to pay a reasonably small fee that would go to the maintainers who worked on the bug and successfully fixed it. I'll be brutally honest: Being accused of being a troll is *not* a great way to convince Debian users who want to contribute to and help Debian to spend their free time helping maintainers fix the bugs reported to the BTS. I also suspect many users agree with me, but are afraid to say so for fear of being accused of being a troll. Best regards, Chuck
