Re: GNOME, Bounties and paid development [Was: Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?]

[Luis Villa <luis tieguy org>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Germán Poo-Caamaño <gpoo gnome org> wrote:

        Luis
        worried that making the TODO list the Bountie list was
        dangerous, because people might end up doing only the things
        people pay for. Have we already started down this slop already
        with company involvement?

        https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-August/msg00173.html

I think Luis Villa's concern still is valid.

Almost a decade old. Jeebus.

With that out of the way: it is still a valid concern, but there are ways around it - since that time a variety of crowdfunding sites have sprung up that could let people other than the Foundation pitch in and select goals.

Luis