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Cheers. It's a totally reasonable decision, and I agree with it generally- except in cases like this. I'll have a look through this issue and articulate my sta

by richo 14y ago

Cheers. It's a totally reasonable decision, and I agree with it generally- except in cases like this. I'll have a look through this issue and articulate my stance if it's not already represented.

whit537 14y ago
That ticket is a really deep rabbit hole. :) The tl;dr is that we're adding a level of indirection: 1. There will be URLs like https://www.gittip.com/for/rails/ https://www.gittip.com/for/rails/ 2. The Internet will decide how gifts to "rails" should be allocated. 3. Companies like Heroku can pour money in the top and it will pachinko out per the Internet's allocation. The goals are: - To create a system that adds value for both companies and communities. - To maintain Gittip's core principles of transparency, openness, and freedom ("no strings attached"). - To keep fraud, volatility, and lobbying to a minimum. I'm excited to see whether we can pull it off. :)
- pc86 14y ago
  That sounds pretty cool. I'd be worried about there getting to be a decent amount of money on the line (I could see thousands each week for something like Rails or Python long term) and people trying to game the allocation to get an extra few percentage points of the increasingly large pie.
  - whit537 14y ago
    Yup. That's going to be the biggest challenge. Wanna help solve it? :) https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/449 https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/449
    - pc86 14y ago
      Nice :) What is Gittip written in (I'm at work and can't do a ton of research into it)? I've been looking for something F/OSS I can help out with.
      - whit537 14y ago
        Python (Aspen). See also: http://whit537.org/2013/03/why-aspen.html http://whit537.org/2013/03/why-aspen.html http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1b3t09/why_gittip_use_aspen_instead_of_djangorails/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1b3t09/why_gittip_us...
forsaken 14y ago
Why do you assume Heroku wants you to know who they're tipping? Or that it's a positive thing for us to know? Perhaps they are just trying to help the community and don't need credit for it, other than the indication that they are giving.
- kaoD 14y ago
  > other than the indication that they are giving. Which is the definition for "credit" :P

by richo 14y ago

Cheers. It's a totally reasonable decision, and I agree with it generally- except in cases like this. I'll have a look through this issue and articulate my stance if it's not already represented.

whit537 14y ago

That ticket is a really deep rabbit hole. :) The tl;dr is that we're adding a level of indirection: 1. There will be URLs like https://www.gittip.com/for/rails/ https://www.gittip.com/for/rails/ 2. The Internet will decide how gifts to "rails" should be allocated. 3. Companies like Heroku can pour money in the top and it will pachinko out per the Internet's allocation. The goals are: - To create a system that adds value for both companies and communities. - To maintain Gittip's core principles of transparency, openness, and freedom ("no strings attached"). - To keep fraud, volatility, and lobbying to a minimum. I'm excited to see whether we can pull it off. :)

pc86 14y ago
That sounds pretty cool. I'd be worried about there getting to be a decent amount of money on the line (I could see thousands each week for something like Rails or Python long term) and people trying to game the allocation to get an extra few percentage points of the increasingly large pie.
- whit537 14y ago
  Yup. That's going to be the biggest challenge. Wanna help solve it? :) https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/449 https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/449
  - pc86 14y ago
    Nice :) What is Gittip written in (I'm at work and can't do a ton of research into it)? I've been looking for something F/OSS I can help out with.
    - whit537 14y ago
      Python (Aspen). See also: http://whit537.org/2013/03/why-aspen.html http://whit537.org/2013/03/why-aspen.html http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1b3t09/why_gittip_use_aspen_instead_of_djangorails/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1b3t09/why_gittip_us...

forsaken 14y ago

Why do you assume Heroku wants you to know who they're tipping? Or that it's a positive thing for us to know? Perhaps they are just trying to help the community and don't need credit for it, other than the indication that they are giving.

kaoD 14y ago
> other than the indication that they are giving. Which is the definition for "credit" :P