[Nix-dev] Fundraiser?

[Tadas Barzdžius]

Maybe NixOS foundation could create Patreon page/project or something
similar?  I would happily chip in.

Tadas Barzdžius


On Tue, Dec 8, 2015, at 06:22 PM, Domen Kožar wrote:
> There are lots of debates how enterprises should/could fund open
> source instead of expecting free labor, but we're not there yet :-)
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Profpatsch <mail at profpatsch.de> wrote:
>> On 15-12-07 04:36pm, Tomasz Czyż wrote:
>>
> https://www.bountysource.com/search?query=nixos - maybe this is good
>>
> enough, no? Just needs a little more advertisement :-)
>>
>> My problem with Bountysource is that most bounties are a
>> flipping joke
>>
compared to what someone would earn in even badly paid jobs in the
>>
industry.
>>
>>
I mean, take a (small) hourly rate of maybe 30€.
>>
>>
“Getting rid of the Perl dependency”: Without true knowledge of the
internals,
>>
I’d estimate 100–1000 hours of work. That’s ~10k€–30k€. The
bounty is 250€.
>>
nixos-assimilate: aszlig has put in at least 50–100 hours of work.
And I’m sure
>>
aszlig takes more than 30€/hour for his day job. That’s ~5k€. The
bounty is $50.
>>
>>
>>
People need to get real. Software companies need to get real. If
they need good
>>
systems, the should start to invest. Now. Big time. At least 10% of
their money.
>>
>>
My 2 cents.
>>
>>
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