On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 04:36:16 -0400 Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@protonmail.ch> wrote:
> Hello, > > I've been thinking of posting some bounties for the NetBeans > annoyances I encounter. Something like $25 / issue. So, more like a > cash tip than a big bounty. > > Seems like a good idea to me, but perhaps I'm missing something? Any > reason *not* to try this out? IMHO this is the future of FOSS. Some like FreeBSD via its foundation are already funding aspects of development. Which is fantastic! Not so much in bounties. I had similar ideas long ago in Gentoo when I was a Gentoo Foundation Trustee. Sadly for many reason that did not happen. I highly recommend and encourage any and all FOSS projects to look to various paid aspects of development. Even small bounties can buy "beer" money. Though for students or others in various nations could add up.... > I wonder what service to use for these bounties? I previously heard > of bountysource.com but it seems rather deserted and now they are > owned by some company also selling crypto tokens or such. Any other > choices? > > It would be cool if some contributors would forfeit the bounty and > redirect it towards some other NetBeans issue. Then we have some > multiplier going on. I wonder how to encourage this? You may consider bring this to Apache Foundation as more of a global idea for not just Netbeans in Apache but other projects. Companies and others may want to help fund aspects with various donations that can be used as fuel for bounties, etc. Handling the actual funds is another matter, I rather not get into discussion on as it can vary, international banking, digital currency, accounting, non profit tax reporting/compliance, etc. Again something I would assume Apache already dealing with on some level or another. Other projects outside of say Apache and Eclipse may look to things such as SFC or SPI. With IMHO the SFC being the better based on funded business model. https://sfconservancy.org/ http://www.spi-inc.org/ -- William L. Thomson Jr.
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