[TYPO3-dev] New opportunities with sponsored projects
Jonas Dübi
admin at commandline.ch
Tue Jul 8 20:18:33 CEST 2008
Hi Stig
We'r already discussing the sponsorship internally. I can not guaranty
that and I can not guaranty how much. But as soon as we know how much we
want to spend on which project, we will do so.
I think it's a great idea it just needs some time!
Perhaps a little smaller improvement with less budged as pilot project
would be nice, so everyone can see that it works.
Best regards,
Jonas
Stig Nørgaard Færch schrieb:
> It doesn't seem like that there is much progress collecting money for
> these projects. (unless the page isn't updated?)
> http://typo3.org/development/sponsoring/list-of-sponsored-projects/
>
> I don't think it's because that the community don't want to support
> these projects. But I guess that that many people only want to pay if
> the project actually gets started, - or they can get their money back if
> the project will not get started because of insufficient money.
>
> If there is no real progress in the near future, I suggest to consider
> fundable.com.
> Here we can start collections for each project.
> Each project will have a goal amount.
> There will be a deadline for collections for each project.
> People can make a pledge with an amount they choose themselves.
> If the goal isn't reached before the deadline, noone pays anything.
> If the goal is reached before the deadline, all the pledges are transfered.
>
> The downside:
> A 10% fee is taken from the totals.
> But isn't it better to pay this fee, than the project not being realized
> at all?
>
> Just my thoughts...
>
> /Stig
>
> Francois Suter skrev:
>> Dear Developers,
>>
>> As you saw if you also subscribe to the Announce list, we just
>> launched today the first sponsored projects. If you don't know what
>> we're talking about, you can catch up with the news posted on
>> news.typo3.org. Basically sponsored projects are Core TYPO3 v4
>> projects with well-defined goals for which we will try to raise in
>> money in order to actually pay the developers for their work. This
>> form of support should help accelerate the development of TYPO3.
>>
>> The best thing is that you can be part of this. Sponsored projects aim
>> for a greater involvement of the community. Refer to [1] for more
>> information. See also [2] for a more personal view of how you can
>> participate in sponsored projects and what you can gain from them.
>>
>> So reach for your wallet! Alternately if you prefer getting your hands
>> dirty there are currently two open positions, both for the New FORM
>> project. We are looking for a developer who would also act as backup
>> project leader to Patrick Broens and an additional reviewer. Please
>> refer to [3] for more details.
>>
>> We hope you will find these opportunities as exciting as we do.
>>
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