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[Karl Schmidt <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/18/2012 01:58 PM, Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Fabio Varesano <fabio.varesano@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote: I think the
> main point the OP was trying to make is that just merely adding a "Donate" button without
> thinking about the underlying structure risks splitting a project apart.

Exactly! Other projects have gone down that road (bad things happen) - the project should not
collect money itself.  What I've been thinking about is a set up where someone that wants feature-x 
completed can write up the discription (including the coding standards) and then put it up for bid 
at someplace like http://www.projects2bid.com/ where the project gets awarded to the lowest bidder.

At the same time, post in the mailing list that the feature is up for bid.  The project doesn't get 
destroyed by the politics of collecting money, yet the work gets funded.

This is really not much different than when companies like Intel have their programers work on OS 
projects on company time.


My hope is to get this meme in the minds of people asking for features so that kicad can continue to 
grow. I wonder why no-one hasn't set up a web site that is dedicated to doing this for OS projects?

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