Re: It says sorry no bounties, but do bounties have to mean cash or a tshirt?

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Hi, Olav!

That's cool, isn't it? In Germany, there's a saying for situations like
this: roughly translated as "Two fools, one thought" ;)

Thanks for the update on Bugzilla voting. I didn't know it was
restricted to a number of votes. I thought about a fixed amount of pints
that one can spend in integer units on whatever is listed in bugzilla or
a general task manager.

Now just add the possibilities to earn pints by fixing bugs,
translating, writing articles, or doing support, and you got an basic
economy working - including the positive, and some of the negative
effects. :)

Btw, it may be a weird idea but what's the alternative? Trying to manage
a few hundred contributors by knowing each of them? This is beyond the
possibilities of a gift (or pure exchange) economy.

Cheers, 
Claus


On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:18:26 +0200
Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 04:57:23PM +0200, Claus Schwarm wrote:
> > This is funny. I was thinking about something similar: Introducing
> > our own 'money' with units called 'pints' or a 'pint'.
> > 
> > You may like to read and critizise the first draft of the article?
> 
> Hey that was my idea! I thought about re-enabling the voting on b.g.o,
> but renaming votes to 'beer'.
> If aren't familiar with the voting on Bugzilla: each user has a
> limited number of votes. A user can vote one or more times for a bug.
> On bugzilla.gnome.org voting is disabled, as it causes whining.
> I hope that by renaming votes to beers the whining will be avoided.
> 
> Note: Above was a weird idea that I didn't discuss with anyone, but
> after seeing your email I had to post this :)
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Olav
>