[josm-dev] JOSM donations?

[Karl Guggisberg]

I read you opinion, I accept it, I don't necessarily agree with it, but I
won't discuss it on the list.

2011/8/1 Dirk Stöcker <openstreetmap at dstoecker.de>

> On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Paul Hartmann wrote:
>
> after this is mainly flaming against me and no longer private I may answer.
>
>
>  And "own server" - you know what I think about JOSM being more and more a
>>>> client to some JOSM server somewhere. I'd like to get rid of the server
>>>> instead of building up even more capacity which will doubtless be filled
>>>> by
>>>> you with lots of clever Python contraptions that nobody else can
>>>> maintain.
>>>>
>>>> Exactly, for god's sake, don't put stoeckr in a position where he can
>>>> hack
>>>>
>>> up even more Perl spagetti, which is closed source for "security
>>> reasons".
>>>
>>
> I still don't know what your problem is Karl. You have been a valuably
> contributor in the past but as soon as not everything went the way you
> wanted it, you went mad.
>
> It is an accident this text got to the mailing list, but actually I find it
> rather strange, that you send flames to Paul, but never had the courage to
> contact me.
>
>
>  Instead of "collect money then see how we spend it", I'd suggest "define
>>>> what we want, find out what it costs, then ask people to donate to
>>>> OSM/FOSSGIS for that specific cause". - If a cause can be found that is
>>>> worth spending money on, and I'm not convinced yet.
>>>>
>>>> Exactly, there is clearly potential for payed work from which both a
>>>>
>>> potential sponsor and the community benefits, without the community to be
>>> compromised. It is possible, we've all done this in the past, but I very
>>> much doubt that it would be possible again, if stoeckr was involved
>>>
>>
> Well, what do you refer to? I only know one time when we had something like
> this in the past and this is turnrestrictions plugin. And actually this is
> an example which shows the opposite:
>
> The author got money for it, but he no longer cares about. The plugin was
> abandoned shortly after it has been created. Nobody does necessary bug fixes
> ATM.
>
> So this is an argument for Frederik, who says that bounties wont work.
>
>
> Ciao
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