Comments on: Pay for your Open Source software! http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/ random words.. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peng’s links for Friday, 13 Mar « I'm Just an Avatar http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-18133 Peng’s links for Friday, 13 Mar « I'm Just an Avatar Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:20:47 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-18133 [...] Risto H. Kruppa: Pay for your Open Source software! [...] [...] Risto H. Kruppa: Pay for your Open Source software! [...]

]]> By: MnJoe http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-469 MnJoe Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:41:47 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-469 It seems that there is no developer activity in any project ... It seems that there is no developer activity in any project …

]]> By: Mike http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Mike Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:34:01 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-468 There is also a service called bitloot (http://www.bitloot.com/) which has recently started up which does much the same thing There is also a service called bitloot (http://www.bitloot.com/) which has recently started up which does much the same thing

]]> By: Anonymous http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Anonymous Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:44:11 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-467 One of the problems I noticed with Cofundos: a bidder has to pay for whatever solution the group of bidders votes for, even if that bidder doesn't believe the solution meets the requirements. The more general problem: systems like this don't seem to work, in that projects sit around with money bid for them but nobody ever works on them. One of the problems I noticed with Cofundos: a bidder has to pay for whatever solution the group of bidders votes for, even if that bidder doesn’t believe the solution meets the requirements.

The more general problem: systems like this don’t seem to work, in that projects sit around with money bid for them but nobody ever works on them.

]]> By: Andrea http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Andrea Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:28:59 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-466 I would like to see this system integrated with the "Ubuntu Wanted" project and, of course, Brainstorm and Launchpad for bounties of bugs and feature request. I would like to see this system integrated with the “Ubuntu Wanted” project and, of course, Brainstorm and Launchpad for bounties of bugs and feature request.

]]> By: ploum http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/2009/03/pay-for-your-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-465 ploum Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:37:56 +0000 http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/?p=1528#comment-465 No. I don't like that idea. It means that the "specialists" are tight to a bidders vote, that they have no guarantee of money. A bit like the Iphone Apple applications stuffs. I really don't like that idea. No. I don’t like that idea. It means that the “specialists” are tight to a bidders vote, that they have no guarantee of money. A bit like the Iphone Apple applications stuffs. I really don’t like that idea.

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