Re: [tdf-discuss] Donations system: pay for a feature

On 2013-05-16 07:45, Joel Madero wrote:
> > > Any payments and/or donations must be accounted for and if the person
> > paying has any intent it to go to xyz, then by regulations we may need to
> > account for that payment/donation and where it went to.
> >
> > That is the real problem with targeted donations and payments.  There will
> > be a mess in paperwork to deal with it.  Opt in, opt out, What it was used
> > for.  Keeping track of all of who pays what, for what, can cost more than
> > thepayment in paperwork and legal fees.
>
> This has been discussed quite a bit on user list and brought up during ESC
> at some point and I thought the consensus was "we'll just let them do what
> they want" and not endorse, support, etc... any of that. I thought that
> kept us out of legal muddy waters. It'd be similar to me just going to a
> friend who is a programmer and saying "dude, can I pay you $100 to fix this
> issue" - a contract completely out of TDF's hands.
>
>
> Best,
> Joel
Would this paid for feature not then create a fork in the code, then are 
you committing to maintaining that branch until some time (may be never) 
that the branch feature is voted into the main code base. It seems a bit 
impractical when you have a continually evolving product to pay to add a 
feature unless you are assured it will be included in the main code base 
and maintained.
Steve

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