"I think involving the foundation in anything like this could open up a
legal minefield."
Indeed. I would encourage anyone who really wants to go down that path to
engage with the prc@ and legal-discuss@ first, to gain a full understanding
of what would be acceptable for the foundation and why.
--
Martin Cooper
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would suggest that if anyone wanted to "hire" a developer to do some
> work they should do it as an independent arrangement and then both parties
> can negotiate costs, terms, and code donations as per a standard development
> contract. I think involving the foundation in anything like this could open
> up a legal minefield.
>
> Al.
>
> P.S. imho we should just spin-off (or kill off) the dojo plugin, if it
> needs paid-for time just to keep it up to date then I would say that it's
> not something we can support to a level that's acceptable to the users. I
> recently had a shot at updating it, but found it was far easier just to use
> YUI directly than to update the dojo plugin and then use the S2 dojo tags.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeromy Evans" <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Struts Developers List" <dev@struts.apache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 5:39 AM
> Subject: commercial: paying for work on features
>
>
>
> Each week I try to make some voluntary contribution to an open source
> > project through support or coding. As I have my own business though I must
> > resist the temptation to do more for Struts2 as when I do I directly neglect
> > some other priority. Often the consequence is that I contribute code in
> > areas that direct benefit me and issues of importance to the community are
> > missed.
> >
> > Given that I'd like to do more but often can't justify it, I was
> > wondering whether it's appropriate for an individual or business to attempt
> > to raise funding for the direct improvement of struts2? For example, the
> > Struts2 tags for Dojo 1.1 are one of the most frequently requested
> > improvements. I have both the skills and the time required to create them,
> > but as I don't need Dojo support myself I cannot justify the effort. If I
> > could raise some funding for the work though I certainly would do it and I
> > suspect there are some progressive businesses out there that would
> > appreciate the cost/benefit.
> >
> > The crucial point here is that I'm not talking about donations to
> > Apache; rather I'm talking about individuals or businesses soliciting
> > funding to perform work on Struts2. Personally I'd hate to see emails in
> > struts-users from Joe Everyman soliciting funding ("I'll fix that bug it if
> > you pay me $50 on paypal"), but on the other hand there seems to be a missed
> > opportunity to improve Struts2 here.
> >
> > How does the PMC feel about this and what are the implications?
> >
> > regards,
> > Jeromy Evans
> >
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