Re: Discussion on Guix funding // future

[Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech>]

On 2024-10-25 11:11, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Steve George <steve@futurile.net> writes:
> 
>> One concern with supporting developers is whether it demotivates them
>> in the long-term: from intrinsic to extrinisic motivation. Basically,
>> the answer is that pay doesn't motivate but it does 'enable' for
>> committed contributors: the Linux foundation survey shows this,
>> there's also various academic pieces on FOSS motivation.
> 
> Paying some people also has the potential of eroding motivation for
> those who are not paid.
> 
> *Employing* people and having their salaries be paid from donations held
> by a foundation is a can of worms that I personally would shy away from
> opening.  An easier and less daunting way to inject monetary rewards
> into volunteer-based activities is to fund awards for certain
> accomplishments.  This would strip all the complications of employment
> and still allow for less desirable work to be rewarded.
> 

Ricardo, I can agree with you but how do you reward just being there and 
doing the dirty job?

That's what worries me the most.