On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
I'm thinking that we should consider *very* carefully before we
introduce payments into what had been an all-volunteer effort. You may get people to do things they might not otherwise have done, but you'll also make people wonder whether they should be volunteering at all.
Offhand, I'd say this is a really bad idea.
Wow, I hadn't considered this.
But I'm reminded of GSOC, which is essentially doing something similar. Has this effect already taken place among the volunteering patch writers?
