On 1/18/06, Kenneth Porter <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My suggestion for subscription funding is to fund development by the > foundation, not to limit contributions by those outside of it. The > foundation will have limited developer capacity. Subscribers get to direct > that capacity. Everyone else gets to contribute as usual. > > The tricky part is organizing it so that volunteer contributions (eg. > patches) aren't lost or ignored. No matter how it's slice it still looks like a corporation with those who can afford 51% or better of the vote will control, dictate, the direction of the whole. Contributions should be voluntary and without strings attached or favortism. It's like, hey, I contribute a million bucks but I wanna play chairman for a while, til I get bored, OK? -- WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
