From: Frank T. <fra...@gm...> - 2016-09-12 20:09:44
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Most FontForge bugs are specific to small numbers of users, and, despite the massive download count, we have extremely low engagement on GitHub. How many people would actually take the time/trouble to make accounts on BountySource and then put money on issues? On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Pander <pa...@us...> wrote: > I am in favor of it. Probably all issues on GitHib are available in Bounty > Source without any extra effort. > > On 12 September 2016 18:24:06 CEST, Cheng-Chia Tseng <psw...@gm...> > wrote: > >> I am wondering if we can put Fontforge on BountySource platform (similar >> to FreedomSponsors but MUCH MORE popular, and easy connected with GitHub). >> >> BountySource is a funding platform which you can give a bounty on the >> issue which you want it fixed, and BountySource Salt is a crowdfunding >> platform that helps developers earn a monthly salary. >> >> For example, I have a issue which I have been hoping it to be fixed >> (cidmap parsing problem for Source Han Sans https://github.com/fontforge/ >> fontforge/issues/1582 ). I have no much programming knowledge and not >> knowing how to fix that myself. Then I can choose to post a bounty for this >> issue directly, give an amount of money to Fontforge team for them to >> decide the usage for one time with BountySource, or give some fees monthly >> to Fontforge for the managers to handle the usage with BountySource Salt. I >> have wanted to post some bounties on the issue and give some fees monthly >> since I have known the platforms but Fontforge is not on BountySource yet. >> >> FYI, elementaryOS project is using multiple ways to collect funds for >> developing, BountySource [1], BountySource Salt, Patreon [3], and Indiegogo >> for specific event (such as a Hackfest in Paris) [ >> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/elementary-hackfest-in-paris-design#/]. >> They are doing much well on funding these days. >> >> I suggest we can using BountySource and BountySource Salt to help >> development of Fontforge. And maybe in the long run, funding a legal >> foundation to maintain Fontforge for Fontforge like the Blender Foundation >> to Blender and The Document Foundation to LibreOffice, etc. >> >> Any thoughts on this? >> >> 1. http://blog.elementary.io/post/107662161336/fix-bugs-get-paid >> 2. http://blog.elementary.io/post/118389907136/getting- >> salty-with-bountysource >> 3. https://www.patreon.com/elementary >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic >> patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are >> consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, >> J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity >> planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> fontforge-users mailing list >> fon...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-users >> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/User-f8781.html >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and > traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols > are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, > J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity > planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev > _______________________________________________ > fontforge-users mailing list > fon...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-users > http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/User-f8781.html > |