On May 10, 2015 7:34 PM, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
On Sun, 2015-05-10 at 19:55 -0300, Gez wrote:
- It creates some tension, because some people gets paid and the rest
doesn't.
No. We must be clear in setting a standard of fairness. It /is/ fair if one person is paid to work on something and someone else is not. I have more (and wrote more) but it's for some other time...
To reaffirm what Martin is saying, at this point, I'd say that is correct. We all get to make choices and that in itself is fair.
I think a few of us had concerns about possible tensions or frustration, but after discussions in our community it was really a minority that felt it might be unfair. In addition, any volunteer developer can either sign up for a funded development task or work with someone to create one in an area of mutual interest. If getting paid is an objective it can be achieved, even for fun/exciting stuff. If motivation lies in spreading free culture (or giving back to the community), people tend to know what they're signing up for. In short, we understand that how we choose to participate is on our terms (there are always gotchas or possibly obligations that come with our choices, but welcome to life).
Cheers, Josh