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

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Luis Villa <luis tieguy 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?
...
> 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.
...

The Elementary project claim to have had a lot of success with Bountysource [1].

Allan

[1] https://www.bountysource.com/