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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Proposal for Bounty to get Linux & Rockbox ported to the iPod Nano 4G and 5GRe: Proposal for Bounty to get Linux & Rockbox ported to the iPod Nano 4G and 5G
From: Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz_at_student.htw-berlin.de>
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 13:50:45 +0200 Am 01.05.2010 09:37, schrieb Alex Parker: > On 01/05/10 04:01, Thomas Martitz wrote: >>> >>> Still, other may disagree :) >>> >>> Alex >> >> Right, I disagree. None of the points you mentioned particularly speaks >> against bounties. I especially find the idea stupid to disallow payments >> to work on our project just because it ignores the lot of work that >> already has been done. > > There is no need to be insulting. At no point did I call anything > "stupid". I think your views are "stupid". Is that better? If you > can't have a discussion without being abusive then don't at all. Sorry, I didn't want to sound insulting. It wasn't my intention. Re-reading my post again shows it was, so I apologize. > >> >> We shouldn't discourage the idea of bounties IMO. If offering a bounty >> makes people bring our project forward, then let it be. That's what we >> all are aiming for afterall. It's entirely up to anyone who'd like to >> dontate or even pay money. Either we wants to see the entire project >> leaping forward, then he makes a donating. If he wants to see a specific >> area being worked on, then he goes the bounty route. I find both ways >> very reasonable. > > As you said above, "I would appreciate if such statements wouldn't be > made on behalf of a project" (even though he wasn't making statements > on behalf of the project). I dislike bounties. I'm clearly not > alone. Now of course I wouldn't dream of trying to block them if > people were to make a private arrangement (as that is nothing to do > with me), however I don't think the project should encourage them > either. If individuals want to offer bounties and other individuals > want to take them up on it, then that is fine between them. I was probably exaggerating here, I apologize once more. It just looked like the topic starter felt discouraged by Pauls answers alone which I found sad. And Jared apparently already dropped that idea before anyone else could post his opinion. Best regards. Received on 2010-05-01 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |