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Idea #1788: Bounties, raised through donations, for significant projects

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1295: Allow users to attach "bounties" to Ubuntu Brainstorm ideas.
Written by dgrt the 29 Feb 08 at 20:26. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
The bounties have been highly successful in some open source contexts. Would they accelerate development for Ubuntu? Would it catalyze open source projects if integrated into launchpad?
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1788
Written by dgrt the 29 Feb 08 at 20:26.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #1788 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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spec Blueprint bountypledges: Launchpad itself
forum Ubuntuforums.org thread #183298


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kab wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:35
Bounties could also be integratet into brainstorm. User could bet some money for brainstorm ideas and if a developer want to develop it, all users who have bet some money are notified and they can easily pay, if they still want, through a system like pay pal.

This could be an attractive solution for developing fast, important requests.

dgrt wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:36
Posted without editing. Should read:

Bounties have been highly successful in some open source contexts. Would they accelerate development of Ubuntu? Would they catalyze open source projects if integrated into launchpad?

nixeagle wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:42
Gah, brainstorm needs to indicate that a post has been marked as a potential dope on the main view. So you guys know I think this is a dope of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1295/ which is the same idea and has more votes going to it.


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