Should Forgejo-the-org be helping coordinate a feature bounty program? #68

earl-warren commented 2023年10月06日 00:52:03 +02:00

One lightweight approach:

• add a "sponsored" issue tag
• set up an Open Collective with Open Source Foundation as the fiscal sponsor with a 'sponsored features' or 'bounty' sub-project
• encourage people who want to monetarily support a feature to state what they've donated to that project and link to the public transaction in a comment, noting that it is not refundable and no guarantee the feature gets in (or in exactly the way they want)
• encourage people who contributed to resolving the issue to submit an invoice for (a portion of) what has been pledged, and link that in a comment

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Followup of @mlncn post forgejo/governance#34 with their permission

One lightweight approach: - add a "sponsored" issue tag - set up an Open Collective with [Open Source Foundation as the fiscal sponsor](https://opencollective.com/opensource) with a 'sponsored features' or 'bounty' sub-project - encourage people who want to monetarily support a feature to state what they've donated to that project and link to the public transaction in a comment, noting that it is not refundable and no guarantee the feature gets in (or in exactly the way they want) - encourage people who contributed to resolving the issue to submit an invoice for (a portion of) what has been pledged, and link that in a comment --- Followup of @mlncn post https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/issues/34 with their permission

Ghost commented 2023年10月21日 15:15:46 +02:00

@mlncn do you have pans to work on implementing that idea?

@mlncn do you have pans to work on implementing that idea?

rome-user commented 2023年10月22日 02:16:09 +02:00

I like the idea of bug or feature bounties, but we also need to be very careful in how it is implemented. I recommend reading https://ziglang.org/news/bounties-damage-open-source-projects/ to see how it can possibly lead to negative outcomes.

We should ensure that any bounty system, if implemented, does not:

• create duplicated effort by people competing for the bounty rather than collaborating

• create an imbalance where people with money have greater influence over the project than people without money

With that said, I always welcome more funding to free software. We just need to be careful in how we implement this so that we produce positive outcomes.

I like the idea of bug or feature bounties, but we also need to be very careful in how it is implemented. I recommend reading https://ziglang.org/news/bounties-damage-open-source-projects/ to see how it can possibly lead to negative outcomes. We should ensure that any bounty system, if implemented, does not: - create duplicated effort by people competing for the bounty rather than collaborating - create an imbalance where people with money have greater influence over the project than people without money With that said, I always welcome more funding to free software. We just need to be careful in how we implement this so that we produce positive outcomes.

mlncn commented 2023年11月01日 05:24:32 +01:00

I don't have plans to work on implementing this idea, but i can give support on using OpenCollective.com and help review what we write about this— as rome-user is getting to, a lot of doing this well is setting expectations and then active connecting when people do express interest (and that's the part i'd be terrible at).

I don't have plans to work on implementing this idea, but i can give support on using OpenCollective.com and help review what we write about this— as rome-user is getting to, a lot of doing this well is setting expectations and then active connecting when people do express interest (and that's the part i'd be terrible at).

fnetX commented 2025年05月01日 11:47:37 +02:00

Since no one has worked on this idea, I think it can be closed. Other means of sustainability have been created, and especially the steady income via Liberapay is probably the best.

Since no one has worked on this idea, I think it can be closed. Other means of sustainability have been created, and especially the steady income via Liberapay is probably the best.