[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Isaac's unemployment

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K.R. Foley wrote:

> Tobias Hilbert wrote:
>
>> Am Mittwoch, 10. März 2004 00:27 schrieb Kendrick Vargas:
>>
>>> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, dan wrote:
>>>
>>>> I deleted Isaac's post by accident so I'm replying to the parent:
>>>>
>>>> Isaac, if your uncomfortable, what about setuping up a bounty 
>>>> system with
>>>> the donations?
>>>>
>>>> Just a thought. . .
>>>
>>>
>>> I was thinking just that, I wonder how much of a price people would
>>> contribute towards a more integrated "Burn Playlist to CD" or "Burn
>>> Video(s) to DVD" sorta option :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> I would donate 50 bucks for a "burn selected recordings to DVD (with 
>> a simple DVD-menu)"
>>
>>
>>> I'm sure there are other things that people would be willing to chip 
>>> into to get on the front of their agenda!
>>>             -peace
>>
>
> While I agree that some of the things mentioned above would be nice to 
> have, I wonder if this is one of the reasons that some folks may be 
> uncomfortable taking donations. Please don't misunderstand, I am not 
> trying to single out either of the above authors, just replying to get 
> this in the thread.
>
> Is it possible that some folks are uncomfortable with taking donations 
> because they are afraid that these donations may be used to try to 
> steer development? I don't think there is anything wrong with a 
> developer agreeing to prioritize tasks based on donations/bids, but 
> some developers may not want to go that route. I personally don't 
> think that should be a reason not to accept donations. Just make it 
> known up front that donations won't steer development.
>
> just my $.02,
>
> kr
>
I competely agree with kr, I think this notion of a bounty system is a 
horrible idea and is the opposite of what OSS dev is all about.  
However, I do strongly agree with an option for donating money to a 
central account as it will do a few things:

1) Help show the support in a monetary way
2) Help compensate for any costs this project may create
3) And most of all, provide funding for developers that are writing 
hardware specific code and/or want to test as much hardware as possible 
without spending a fortune out of their own pocket

Also, I can see how one (Isaac, for example) taking all the money 
himself may be in conflict of interest with the rest of the developers 
working their asses off, but as the father and creator of this project, 
I think Isaac "does" have the ultimate decision on this matter.

-Drew