[Qgis-psc] Github sponsorship

[Vincent Picavet (ml)]

Hello,

This initiative sounds interesting, and thanks Richard for the details.

On 24/05/2019 09:25, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Thanks Richard for the analysis. I think it is worth exploring ways to
> do it properly. I agree that sponsoring individual developers is not the
> best way for us, but it could be useful nevertheless, taking the fist 4
> committers.

I tend to disagree here. 4 developers to be paid on behalf of the rest
of the community really seems unfair. QGIS.org choosing these developers
put the association in a risky situation.
Basing this on the amount of commit also is a mistake according to me.
It is definitely not a good indicator of value, neither amount of work.
And how do you count ? Which repositories ? How do you include
documentation, infrastructure, testing, bug triaging ?
Using the amount of commits as our principal measurement of contribution
is wrong on many level, as it conveys the message "developers are the
most valuable persons on a project", which is against our search for
diversity and the importance of other kind of contributions.

Getting involved with GitHub to allow organizations to participate in
this sponsorship program would be interesting.

Best regards,
Vincent

> In general, I believe being in the front line on this will be
> interesting, potentially rewarding.
> Cheers.
> 
> On 24/05/19 09:15, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
>> On 24/05/2019 09.12, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
>>> I had a look, and it looks like it is being set up for individuals, so
>>> to sponsor (up to 4) individual github users?
>>
>> Ah: https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-github-sponsors
>>
>> Currently, only individual users can sponsor developers. If your
>> organization is interested in sponsoring developers, please let us know
>> by emailing opensource at github.com.
>>
>> GitHub is exploring ways to introduce sponsorships for teams of people
>> that work on a single project. If you'd like to join our sponsored teams
>> advisory panel, email opensource at github.com with the subject line
>> [GitHub Sponsors] Interested in the Sponsored Teams Advisory Panel.
>> Please include:
>>
>>     The name of your project
>>     Information about your team
>>     Why you are interested in joining the advisory panel
>>
>> You can also recommend developers to participate in the limited beta.
>> Send an email to opensource at github.com with a link to the developer's
>> GitHub profile and optionally their contact information.
>>
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