[imp] Crowdfunding Horde Development Re: Signature

[Luis Felipe Marzagao]

Em 23-01-2013 17:22, Ralf Lang escreveu:
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>>> Does horde have a way of feature requesting and contributing by
>>> undertermined people? For example, you open a ticket and then,
>>> after approval, people (interested in that feature) could start
>>> "funding" that ticket, so developers could get the deserved
>>> compensation for implementing the feature. Maybe one person alone
>>> could not/would not sponsor a feature request, but several
>>> persons/companies could/would and that way everybody can
>>> benefit.
>> Not anymore. We used to have bounties but have dropped because
>> them because they haven't been a great success in the long term.
> I remember the bounties. If I understood them correctly, it was like this:
>
> - - people gave funds as a reward for feature X
> - - 3rd party people were encouraged to implement feature X and show the
> implementation to the core horde group (before Horde LLC existed).
> - - Horde Core would decide if the feature was properly implemented and
> pay out the reward.
>
> Now people can ask Horde LLC for an estimate/price tag for feature X
> and it's their business to provide the funding. Nothing stops a group
> of interested parties from asking for an estimate of the project and
> then team up by whatever means to allocate the funds needed.

Sure. This is a good idea. I'll try to contact interested people and see 
if this crowdfunding can work.


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