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It would be interesting to have an option to pay for desired new features in existing projects. You could call it "bid for code" or something: people who need a

by bigato 10y ago

It would be interesting to have an option to pay for desired new features in existing projects. You could call it "bid for code" or something: people who need a certain feature in an open-source project would commit to paying some amount of money for it. Other people interested in the same feature could also join. A bit similar to a kickstarter, but for feature requests. Developers would choose what to work on, depending on how much money is being offered. Is there something like this out there already? This could be a feature in this site or a completely new site if someone wants to take on this idea. Github should offer this option!

severine 10y ago
Do you mean something like Bountysource? https://www.bountysource.com/ https://www.bountysource.com/
- bigato 10y ago
  Oh, that's nice, thank you. And it looks like they already have some integration with github: http://blog.bountysource.com/post/48954271533/improved-github-integration-automatically-update http://blog.bountysource.com/post/48954271533/improved-githu...
  - rasjani 10y ago
    Codemill also has github integration but it's not very actively used.
grumph 10y ago
I think you are searching for something like this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_bounty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_bounty https://www.bountysource.com/ https://www.bountysource.com/
buovjaga 10y ago
Check out the history of such sites, starting from the late 1990s: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/history/software#bounties https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/history/software... Lots of research on bounty sites and other funding platforms: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfunding https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfundi...
fulldecent 10y ago
I do this all the time. My company uses BountySource where we can. And sometimes I just walk into GitHub and @ the contributors and offer money like this https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3337 https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3337 Some people complained but fuck 'em. End result, hired somebody and got the job done.

by bigato 10y ago

severine 10y ago

Do you mean something like Bountysource? https://www.bountysource.com/ https://www.bountysource.com/

bigato 10y ago
Oh, that's nice, thank you. And it looks like they already have some integration with github: http://blog.bountysource.com/post/48954271533/improved-github-integration-automatically-update http://blog.bountysource.com/post/48954271533/improved-githu...
- rasjani 10y ago
  Codemill also has github integration but it's not very actively used.

grumph 10y ago

I think you are searching for something like this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_bounty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_bounty https://www.bountysource.com/ https://www.bountysource.com/

buovjaga 10y ago

Check out the history of such sites, starting from the late 1990s: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/history/software#bounties https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/history/software... Lots of research on bounty sites and other funding platforms: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfunding https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfundi...

fulldecent 10y ago

I do this all the time. My company uses BountySource where we can. And sometimes I just walk into GitHub and @ the contributors and offer money like this https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3337 https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3337 Some people complained but fuck 'em. End result, hired somebody and got the job done.