From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Would you like to work on improving Emacs full time? Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:11:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335107485 11564 80.91.229.3 (22 Apr 2012 15:11:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:11:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 22 17:11:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRf-0003Up-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41422 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRe-0007Dp-F1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:11:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35908) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRb-0007Dg-Dl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRZ-00039t-O7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:11:18 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44880) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRZ-00039j-HH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLyRW-0003P6-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:14 +0200 Original-Received: from 77-234-78-162.pool.digikabel.hu ([77.234.78.162]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:14 +0200 Original-Received: from adatgyujto by 77-234-78-162.pool.digikabel.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 77.234.78.162 (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.62) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149941 Archived-At: Richard Stallman gnu.org> writes: > > Crowdfunding based on paying for specific features does not require > that the same few people spend full time writing one feature after > another, full time. If there are 10 people, each of whom writes a > feature every 6 months, that would add up to substantial contribution. > Yes, they don't have to be the same people. I guess most developers who will work in this model will implement some feature which he himself also needs (so it will be scratching his own and others' itch with crowdfunding) in several months and then goes back to his regular job.