Subject: Re: A distributed model for funding development.
To: None <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@romulus.rutgers.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 12/22/1997 11:32:06
On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:51:22 -0700,
Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org> wrote:
> seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach)  wrote:
>  > What if you could place bounties on given pieces of code?  For instance,
>  > I could place a $100 bounty on the LS-120 driver.  (In fact, if one
>  > [...]
> 
> Potential problems:
> 
> a) [...]
> b) [...]
> c) [...]
> d) [...]

e) How do you evaluate one's contribution to a particular project if
the project is worked on by multiple individuals?

> I'm not disagreeing with the concept.  I think it's a fine concept
> that needs some tweaking and organization and up-front money. Who
> is going to run such a thing?

I fully agree here.

Just my $.02,

Ken