Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread John Griessen
al davis wrote: Even if it all is in the expensable petty cash range of money for a bounty setting business. That's why I made my comment. The person who created the software has already demonstrated some commitment. If I was ready to pay for an enhancement to Icarus Verilog, I would only

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread al davis
On Thursday 01 March 2007 08:56, John Griessen wrote: al davis wrote:   Even if it all is in the expensable petty cash range of money for a bounty setting business. That's why I made my comment.  The person who created the software has already demonstrated some commitment.  If I was

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-03-01 Thread Dave McGuire
On Mar 1, 2007, at 9:32 AM, al davis wrote: expensable petty cash range of money for a bounty setting business. That's why I made my comment. The person who created the software has already demonstrated some commitment. If I was ready to pay for an enhancement to Icarus Verilog, I would only

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: Creating google checkout buttons is easy -- if you have no shipping costs, (as in FOSS added to project CVS or SVN repository), you could have a series of them for small project chunks, and they get paid as you go... Take for instance the $500 project. divide it into

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
Why all that overhead? The people who made the software have already established a track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. The

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
al davis wrote: Why all that overhead? The people who made the software have already established a track record. Anyone funding it will do so based on that. We don't need the middleman. They can just send a check. An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done

gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread Stephen Williams
John Griessen wrote: Stephen Williams wrote: al davis wrote: An advantage of electronic payments is that they can be done internationally with little fuss by credit card. I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. Well, that's up to the client

Re: gEDA-user: Re: google checkout buttons to implement SW development bounties

2007-02-28 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20, John Griessen wrote: al davis wrote: I can't see paying just anyone who comes along for enhancements to an active project. Stephen Williams wrote: Well, that's up to the client to decide, isn't it? On Wednesday 28 February 2007 18:20, John