Paul....
I think the problem for me has come as this has escalated from a
fairly simple approach to enabling someone who plans to develop and
release open source/freeware to gauge the market before doing so,
into a sort of commercial-grade bidding registry which, I agree,
would require appropriate disposition of the proceeds of any deposits
made on behalf of projects that never get off the ground.
Maybe there are two classes of project: free/opensource, and
commercial, with slightly different rules and procedures for each?
Dan
On Jul 20, 2005, at 12:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan,
Wow is the word! This has so much potential it is hard to
underestimate it.
I think the escrow idea is essential (for all but the smallest
projects).
People who donate money (especially large contributions) should
know that they
will get it back if the project is not commenced or completed.
Developers should
know there is real money in the kitty before beginning work. I've
incorporated the idea of "pledges" to give an idea of support for
the request before any
money at all is committed. A developer might begin work on pledges
alone if
there were enough from enough reputable people - but long projects
require real
money. For smaller projects the moderator can manage the escrow
account, for
larger projects there should be a third party escrow. Even with the
original
idea, the money must be stored somewhere.
There are countless other details to be resolved (for instance,
what happens
if contributions exceed expenses; everyone gets back a percentage
of the
excess?) but we can begin with a registry (or better name/
description if you've got
one).
Paul Looney
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