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