[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: Common Opensource codec API

[gabor]

>  
> > So such an 'open' funding for opensource projects could be interesting:
> > Many people may offer donation for a specific job. And if there's enough
> > money in the pot, someone will do the job and getting the money.
> > We also have some experiences with this in some medical forums.
> 
> You are not the first one proposing such a system, there were
> already 2 big ones about 2 year ago trying something like this.
> They both failed, because they ignored how OSS development
> works: Just for fun.
> Hardly anyone will pick up one of those "jobs" as they are
> not fun enough. And those which are fun are done anyways.

http://www.gnome.org/bounties/

http://www.gnomedesktop.com/article.php?sid=1517


gabor