Support and General Use > Audio Playback, Database and Playlists
Sponsoring a feature? (Support for HiRes-Audio, 24/96 or 24/192)
seani:
--- Quote from: GodEater on December 30, 2009, 09:30:17 AM ---See this page in the wiki, and specifically the bit at the bottom for how we feel about bounties : http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DonatedMoney
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Hi Godeater,
Actually, it was that new section that prompted me to comment. I can understand the intention and the consensus amongst core developers, but that leaves someone who would like a particular feature or change at something of a dead end.
I don't think I'm suggesting anything other than "you can fork the project, then it's up to you how you get your changes in". At least that was what I wanted to convey.
Cheers
Sean
GodEater:
Sure, and I agree with what you said :)
*I* just want to convey to end users how miffed our developers would likely feel if someone else were to profit from their hard work.
seani:
--- Quote from: GodEater on December 30, 2009, 09:51:02 AM ---Sure, and I agree with what you said :)
*I* just want to convey to end users how miffed our developers would likely feel if someone else were to profit from their hard work.
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Fair enough. I've just donated a modest amount on the strict understanding that it isn't used for any constructive purposes. Seems fair :)
gevaerts:
--- Quote from: GodEater on December 30, 2009, 09:51:02 AM ---*I* just want to convey to end users how miffed our developers would likely feel if someone else were to profit from their hard work.
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Personally, I don't think I'd be too bothered about this. There's also GSoC as some sort of precedent.
Anyway, the main reason I don't think this sort of thing can work is just economic reality. Features tend to be a lot more involved than a casual observer might think, especially if the code is meant to be svn-ready. While I've not seen numbers in this particular thread, I'd say that the offered amounts I've seen in similar discussions are usually between 10 and 100 times too low.
edit: Basically as far as I'm concerned (and I suspect I'm not alone in this) I work on whatever I feel like. If you want me to work on something you specify, you pay normal hourly contractor rates.
GodEater:
--- Quote from: seani on December 30, 2009, 10:06:29 AM ---Fair enough. I've just donated a modest amount on the strict understanding that it isn't used for any constructive purposes. Seems fair :)
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Awesome - I promise to help drink some of it at the next Rockbox DevCon :)
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