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Canonical courts financial contributions

Canonical courts financial contributions

Posted Oct 11, 2012 19:46 UTC (Thu) by cmorgan (guest, #71980)
Parent article: Canonical courts financial contributions

Would love to see the idea of pledging used by Canonical. User reports issue X and people can pledge some amount of money that is paid when the issue is resolved. Canonical might not fix one bug over another but at least there will be some, albeit minor, incentive to fix one issue over another.

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Canonical courts financial contributions

Posted Oct 22, 2012 10:30 UTC (Mon) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104) [Link]

LyX does something similar. They allow general donations but also donations for specific features to be implemented.

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