[OpenIndiana-discuss] Possible to sponsor a code bounty?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 26 May 2021, Mike Carroll wrote:

> Ok. Just curious. I landed on OI after dealing with Linux and BSDs (though I find the illumos variants and BSDs to be more stable) and thought it would be a good way to give back to the community.

If someone is interested in donating money to the few volunteers who 
do most of the work, a foundation is not necessary in order for this 
to be possible.

It might not always be obvious who is doing most of the work.

Bob

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> From: Andreas Wacknitz <A.Wacknitz at gmx.de>
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> Am 25.05.21 um 20:46 schrieb Mike Carroll:
>> I was wondering if OpenIndiana was open to code bounties to support development.
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> To my knowledge we aren't, because we don't have a legal entity (eg. a
> foundation) behind us.
> As far as I remember there were some discussions about different
> possibilities in the past but nothing evolved from it yet.
> Furthermore, there haven't been many offers in the past (none to my
> knowledge).
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
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