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The granting employees the $5 tip a week idea is pretty good. There are a lot of businesses out there that see the value of open source but don't currently fun
by Lerc 13y ago
The granting employees the $5 tip a week idea is pretty good. There are a lot of businesses out there that see the value of open source but don't currently fund development. There are certainly companies out there where the reason for not funding is more logistical than financial. Giving employees the ability to send money to where they see it can do the most good would be a great way to target worthy projects.
With sufficient freedom, I can see groups of employees organise themselves to coordinate development of features that are specifically important to their work.
- ianterrell 13y agoThis seems like something Gittip.com could offer as a feature: employees can log in and pick who to contribute to, and the company account they're associated with automatically makes the payment. Reduce that logistical hurdle to a signup. :)
- whit537 13y agoAndy Weissman from USV suggested that on a skype call we had. Unfortunately that was before I started doing open calls so I can't link to it. :-/ Ticketed: https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1153 https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1153
- krichman 13y ago> doing open calls I like gittip and your philosophy. I think you've convinced me to sign up.