Re: [Audacity-devel] New Site

[Dominic M. <do...@mi...>]

 > I'm not so worried about this particular aspect; I think it could be
 > arranged so that a condition of the payment would be a solid and clean
 > enough implementation to satisfy the other developers.
 >
 > What *does* worry me about this kind of thing is introducing a scarce
 > reward like money.  I think part of what keeps open-source development
 > cooperative is that the rewards (personal satisfaction, experience, fun)
 > are not scarce, and reaping any of these rewards doesn't deprive anyone
 > else of them.  But what happens when someone offers $50 for a feature
 > that several people have the knowledge, time, and motivation to write?
 > How do you decide who takes the job and reaps the scarce reward?

A valid point.  I'd be happier if we used the money to recoup
bandwidth costs, or to purchase hardware which we can all share.
If we were to start giving money to the developers who implement
particular features, it would change the group dynamic.

Dominic