| 3 | | Should we have a bounty system for writing missing features? Similar systems are in use by several other projects, e.g. freeswitch, pfSense and Funambol. This idea originated from ''ecrist''. |
| | 3 | Many OSS projects have developer bounty systems: |
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| | 5 | * freeswitch |
| | 6 | * pfSense |
| | 7 | * Funambol |
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| | 9 | Here are a few links to bounty discussions elsewhere: |
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| | 11 | * http://live.gnome.org/BountiesDiscussion lists some interesting thoughts. |
| | 12 | * http://nextsprocket.com/ looks like a relatively active site for opensource bounties in general. |
| | 13 | * https://www.bountysource.com/ |
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| | 15 | = Origin of the idea = |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | This idea originated from ecrist and was discussed first in an IRC meeting. It was discussed on the -devel mailinglist soon afterwards: |
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| | 19 | * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/3707 |
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| | 21 | = Summary = |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | Here is a summary of the ideas formed in the IRC meeting and the email exchange that followed. |
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