2021-09-27 14:44:14 +03:00
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# Funding
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2021-09-27 14:56:13 +03:00
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2021-09-27 14:44:14 +03:00
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My vision for the hledger project has always been for it to be "accountable" and "self-sustaining", possibly through new forms of incentivisation.
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Classic non-monetary FOSS communities are a beautiful and precious thing.
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Adding money can change their dynamic.
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Yet, we would enjoy having a lot more issues resolved, and a faster rate of progress.
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So we experiment, gently.
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Currently we use bounties as a way to encourage resolution of issues.
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There are a few ways to do this:
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1. You or your organisation can offer a bounty simply by saying so on the issue.
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2. You can use Bountysource. A few hledger bounties have been completed there.
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3. You can use the new Open Collective process below.
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Issues with bounties of any kind are marked with the `bounty` label.
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The Bounty Manager is @simonmichael.
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## New bounty process
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It currently looks like this, and will evolve:
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- Issues are marked as bounties by @simonmichael. Feel free to suggest additional issues which should receive the bounty label.
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- Bounties are paid from the hledger project's public Open Collective fund.
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By contributing to the fund as an individual or organisation, you enable more bounties.
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- These OC bounties (unlike 1 and 2 above) have standard amounts.
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These may be adjusted over time, depending eg on the state of our funds.
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Our current bounty amounts are
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- level 1: 10 USD
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- level 2: 25 USD
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- level 3: 50 USD
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- When you complete a bounty, submit an expense to Open Collective,
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for whichever of the above bounty amounts you think appropriate,
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based eg on time or expertise spent, how much you need it,
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how much remains in our fund for other bounties, etc.
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This will be reviewed by OC and (maybe ?) @simonmichael.
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Successful claims, like donations, will appear in our public OC ledger.
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Our bounty amounts are small, and nothing like professional rates in most countries,
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but they still establish a principle of sustainability,
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and help us to experiment.
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You are encouraged to claim your bounties,
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though you can also choose to transfer them to a new issue of your choice.
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