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Re: Get the others
by Hans on Sunday 27/Apr/2008, @15:08

I think it would be nice with an unofficial SoC for those who didn't get picked. Small brainstorm:

- The mentors pick projects they think would benefit the application etc.

- There would still be lots of proposals left. Now it's time to decide the final ones.
All projects accepted by the mentors will be put on a website, and everyone can vote for their favorite. The special thing here is that you "vote" by donating money - the more you donate, the more it counts. You may pay for more than one proposal.

- Let's say five projects get accepted. The money from the voting gets distributed evenly between these projects. It'll be used to pay the student and mentor after the work's finished.

Something like that. What do you say? There sure are many problems to be addressed, but what do you think about the basic concept? Is it possible, is it be fair?

Personally I would happily donate at least 10 Euro to see my favorite feature in KDE, for example extenders in plasma. And I'm a poor student without much money left in the end of every month. Surly there are more people who are willing to donate to motivate students to finish the project?

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