Anthere wrote:
I would like that all developers (others may participate as well of course) help setting up a list to define how development tasks completed could be rewarded.
Heh. I was going to suggest a payment system for developers after my project deadline next week.
The core idea of my proposal is:
* developers should be paid every month * developers who received money the previous month receive "voting power" (i.e. power to influence the proportions how money will be distributed) for the next month * how much total money is awarded for the completion of a particular feature or bugfix is determined by the donors: with every donation, the donor can say "this-and-this much of this donation (but no more than, say, 25% of the donation) should go towards rewarding the completion of this-and-that feature/bugfix".
Then the whole thing would work approx. like this:
* Alice donates $20 and says "$5 of this should go to feature X" * Bob donates $50 and says "$10 of this should go to feature X" * Charlie The Developer suggests an implementation plan for X * Doris The Developer makes a major start towards feature X * Emily The Developer finishes feature X * Developers who received money last month vote on what percentage of the feature was done by Charlie, Doris and Emily * The votes are averaged out and may yield something like Charlie - 5%, Doris - 75%, Emily - 20% * Charlie's Wikimedia account is increased by 75ยข * Doris's Wikimedia account is increased by $11.25 * Emily's account is increased by $3.00
This is my basic idea.
It is in part modelled after the "Bazaar" that LiveJournal once used to have (albeit only for one month, ironically). Timwi