Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 77525 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2006 17:15:30 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Sep 2006 17:15:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 13537 invoked by uid 500); 11 Sep 2006 17:15:20 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 13435 invoked by uid 500); 11 Sep 2006 17:15:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 13424 invoked by uid 99); 11 Sep 2006 17:15:19 -0000 Received: from idunn.apache.osuosl.org (HELO idunn.apache.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.84) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:15:19 -0700 Authentication-Results: idunn.apache.osuosl.org smtp.mail=devlists@hanik.com; spf=permerror X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= Received-SPF: error (idunn.apache.osuosl.org: domain hanik.com from 206.123.111.90 cause and error) Received: from ([206.123.111.90:38572] helo=mail.loukasmgmt.com) by idunn.apache.osuosl.org (ecelerity 2.1 r(10620)) with ESMTP id A1/70-25916-FA995054 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:15:29 -0700 Received: (qmail 12594 invoked by uid 510); 11 Sep 2006 12:15:14 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.3.107?) (smtp@loukasmgmt.com@71.123.221.70) by mail.loukasmgmt.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2006 12:15:14 -0500 Message-ID: <45059989.3030704@hanik.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:14:49 -0500 From: Filip Hanik - Dev Lists User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tomcat Developers List Subject: Re: Funding someone to fix a few bugs References: <4505772B.1040101@mhsoftware.com> <4505905C.7000509@hanik.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Yoav Shapira wrote: > Hi, > >> George Sexton wrote: >> > Is it permitted to offer to fund someone to fix a few bugs? I have >> > three things I'd like to see fixed. One trivial, and two non-trivial. > > I'm not sure, but I'm not aware of precedents, and I am aware of some > discussion against this idea. > > On 9/11/06, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote: >> I don't see this as a problem, all ASF committers are being funded >> somehow to enable them to do their contributions here. > > No, that's not true. Many of us, such as myself, contribute to the > ASF during our free time on our own equipment. so you fund your own time, that the whole point. Someone, and always someone funds your time here. Be it yourself, a company or something else > >> As with any patches, you can offer someone $ to come up with a patch, >> that patch will be submitted, reviewed and if accepted applied to the >> code base. > > Yes, the normal patch review and acceptance criteria still apply. > Even if you paid someone, a patch can be -1ed or otherwise not make it > into the product. > > Yoav > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@tomcat.apache.org