Re: Pay for patch/enancement idea (was Re: [bitplan] Re: AW: Fork proposal)
Russell Gold <[email protected]>
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On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:30 AM, James Abley wrote: > On 05/03/06, Russell Gold <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Now that is very intriguing. The mechanics could be interesting. >> Anybody else have any thoughts on this? Would you be willing to pay >> for modifications? Submit them if there was bidding on them? >> > > Isn't that just an open-source business model? The source is available > to say, JBOSS, but a company might engage a JBOSS expert / community > member to provide value-added functionality, rather than having to > understand the source themselves. It should be, but so far it hasn't worked for me. People want fixes and enhancements and support, but have never offered to pay for any of it. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642