Benny Lofgren <bl-li...@lofgren.biz> wrote: > On 2011-04-21 22.27, P. Pruett wrote: >> how about "donate" > [snip]
> The reason for my initial suggestion, which was along the lines Rafal whom > you commented also thought, was that a donation *ISN'T A FUCKING OPTION* > where I and others live. The other thing is that, based on Theo's 18 April post, funds from donations (or going to the openbsd foundation) don't go into the same bucket as funds from CD sales. If I'm interested in putting my funds into the CD bucket, donations and contributions to the foundation don't get me there. Question, Theo: If I was to say the following, would it work without causing an unacceptable amount of work? "My company wants to pay you to develop or fix <feature> (where <feature> is already on the short list of what is planned for the next release). It is worth <value> to us. If you're interested, send us an invoice (from either you personally or your corporation or other business entity) in some readily machine readable format (text file, spread sheet, pdf, it doesn't matter) that lists the amount and the feature. We'll send you the check immediately, and consider the deliverable complete when the *initial* version is committed." That deliverable is intented to be unobtrusive. It doesn't say that it *must* be in the next release. It also doesn't imply any sort of user acceptance test or support requirement. It allows for the possibility for you to pass the funds along and have another developer implement it. It is similar to other open source projects where a company might put up a bounty to have a certain feature implemented (other than in those cases, it is open to whomever grabs it first). So, does that take too much time away from development, or is for some other reason (tax, etc) unworkable? A possible valid response is, "we don't care that it's going into the donation fund bucket rather than the CD fund bucket". A simple "yes" or "no" also suffices; a long explanation either way is not required. And for you undesirables out there: Unsolicited requests for funds will go into the bit bucket with all the other spam, so don't try. Not that you'll listen anyway. Devin
