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(CC) Cofundos.org
Sound's stupid, doesn't it? Isn't Open Source usually free, you don't need money for it..
How about if the application, feature or plugin you need has never been written so far with Open Source licences? How to find the developer who's the skills to write it - even if you had money? Or if you have a great idea and 10 of your friends support it and are ready pay, say 20€ each for someone to write it?
Cofundos is the answer. It's a platform to publish your innovations, tell that you're ready to pay for the solution, make an offer to realize the blueprint and so on. It's designed for open source software: openID login, free licences and RSS's and so on - it's made for YOU!
The picture shows you the steps from an idea via bids and offers to the finalized project and donated money. Everyone wins!
I think Cofundos should be better known and more used for it to actually work so spread the word! Share your idea there, maybe others like it, too!There's something similar in brainstorm.ubuntu.com but brainstorm doesn't involve money.
Two best payed projects in Cofundos are:
- True PDF handling in Scribus (1240€)
- VLC video streaming implementation of the BitTorrent or equivalent P2P protocol (1030€)
Two projects I can warmly recommend:
- Kopete status change when starting to watch a movie with Kaffeine
- Win the First Openmoko Programming Competition
Can you find anything interesting there you could bid to? Maybe 5€, maybe 50€, maybe 100$? Maybe spread it in 5 projects and bid 20$ each? Or if you have the skills, check if there's a perfect project waiting for you tagged with MySQL, Drupal or GTK+?
Go to Cofundos.org
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