As some people kept complaining, that there is so much grunt (or
community) work, noone ones to pay for (aka companies finance it on
their own), here is my model:
If any party wants to have have a special feature that has not already
been developed, post it on the bboard with a spec (as complete as you
can get it). Add a figure you'd be willing to spend. Other people who
find this useful or would have features ADDED (or amended with the
consens of all previous posters) state their interest and add a figure
(aka $$$) to their post. The first person to say "Yes, I will do it"
would get the amount of money already in the pool (just sum up the $$$
in the previous posts).
Problems: Not detailed enough specs, but well, just keep the amount of
work as small as possible or brake it down into nicely digestible
chunks. Deadlines (people should add a deadline to their specs to make
it realistic). No formal contracts. This system is based on trust. And
small scale money (I'd suggest that no single party should invest more
than $500 per spec).
If more people agree I'd start with our first bids during the weekend
{We are way busy with other work, so we can't do it on our own at the
moment...} 😊.
