[mythtv-users] Paying one or some of the developers
Isaac Richards
ijr at case.edu
Tue Sep 5 02:22:24 UTC 2006
On Monday 04 September 2006 8:35 pm, Jake wrote:
> i seem to recall that the network socket control code was the result
> of a bounty and was then contributed back to the mythtv svn. i can't
> seem to find the post about that though.
Indeed. From a company, not an individual, and had an appropriate amount
attached to it. I believe there was a small-ish follow-on as well.
Who would you rather collect money from, after working on something for a
couple of weeks:
- $25 from 40 individual contributions
- $1000 from 1 contribution
Now, just keeping in mind that regular people aren't likely to throw in $1k
each to get one single feature developed, and there's my original statement:
"Bounties from individuals are unlikely to get much interest. They tend to be
on the order of a tiny amount of money for a huge amount of work."
Isaac
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