Re: It says sorry no bounties, but do bounties have to mean cash or a tshirt?

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Hi!

This is funny. I was thinking about something similar: Introducing our
own 'money' with units called 'pints' or a 'pint'.

You may like to read and critizise the first draft of the article?

Welcome to the list, btw.! :)

Cheers,
Claus


On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:38:16 -0700
Sean Plaice <splaice gmail com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> Bounties are great, but raising the cash for them is not simple, nor
> even an ample supply of tshirts is simple. I think that while cash is
> king, and a tshirt is great there is is still an ample amount of one
> thing the GNOME community can dole out at no cost. Street-cred...
>
> So what is this street-cred you speak of? Simply, it is the
> recognition from other hackers of a contributors skills, or work, or
> effort. Instead of paying out cash you give people an easy way to see
> their accomplishments, share their accomplishments, and boast about
> them.
>
> The google bounties is a great example of how to present such
> bounties, but there is no reason you have to stop at just the ones
> listed for cash incentives.
>
> [...]