mix in bounties

[chadwhitacre]

From @iElectric via email:

I have this very old TODO: write a prototype for micropayments to pledge on (github, bitbucket, launchpad) repository issues. I believe this would really change how we look at software from payment point of view. And lots of tickets that are boring but people would want to be fixed would get more attraction, etc.

See Also

http://www.freedomsponsors.org/
http://git.bo/
https://www.catincan.com/
https://www.bountysource.com/
http://issuehunter.co/

[thiloplanz]

Maybe there could be some collaboration with projects like FreedomSponsors. http://freedomsponsors.org/

Like making it possible for FS to use Gittip for handling payments rather than having to use PayPal.

[tonylampada]

Hi, everyone.
I'm Tony, creator of FreedomSponsors.

Sounds like a good idea to me. :-)
What you say whit?

[chadwhitacre]

Let's pin down the details. What's the user experience?

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @atambo and @mikeferchak at Steel City Ruby Conf.

[tonylampada]

This is what the user experience, using FS:

1. FS user "tonylampada" makes a U$ 10 offer for a new open source project, like this one --> http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/13/a-complete-jee-sample-application-using-maven-hibernate-jpa-and-google-guice

2. FS user "javamaster" creates a github project that addresses the issue

3. "tonylampada" is very happy with the solution and wants to pay, but he doesn't like paypal. He's already has some balance on gittip, and he'd like to use that.

4. "tonylampada" connects his gitbuh account to his FS account.

5. "javamaster" also has a connected github account

6. "tonylampada" selects "pay offer with Gittip"

7. "tonylampada" is redirected to "gittip direct pay" page, that says
   Payment confirmation
   -- "javamaster" ....... 9.70
   -- "freedomsponsors" .... 0.30
   Confirm? (Y/n)

8. "tonylampada" clicks yes

9. U$ 10 is taken from "tonylampada" gittip account, (using the same rules that already apply every friday).

10. "tonylampada" is redirected to FS page that says:
    "Payment OK"

Something like that.
The implementation on Gittip side would actually be completely decoupled from FS.
Have you ever thought of enabling Gittip to be used as payment gateway like above?

[tonylampada]

Just as a side note, soon we'll be making freedomsponsor's code available on github too. (Just have to do some code cleanup first)

[chadwhitacre]

I'm going to be on vacation this week. I'll be back on Friday, August 10 to run Gittip #10, and will pick up with development the week following. In an emergency please call my cell, +1-412-925-4220. Thanks!

[thiloplanz]

Like making it possible for FS to use Gittip for handling payments rather than having to use PayPal.

This seems to tie-in into the discussion with having Flattr handling Gittip payouts (#284). Maybe all these donation services can collaborate on a common payment processing infrastructure among them?

[chadwhitacre]

From @taijinlee via email:

I was thinking about gittip and the payment methodology. Have you considered doing a tip based on issue solving? I've been working on my little open source project (https://github.com/taijinlee/eulermarks) and thought, oh, if I could offer a bounty on one of my issues, maybe someone would help me out. I haven't thought it through, in terms of technical, moral, or ethical yet, but maybe you have. Thoughts?

[chadwhitacre]

Personally I find bounties problematic because of the burden of adjudicating delivery. To me it seems like crowd-sourcing micromanagement.

That said, what I hear @tonylampada suggesting is actually something else: using Gittip as a payment gateway so that users can accrue a Gittip balance and then spend it elsewhere on the web. That's actually a neat idea. I've reticketed it as #299. I'm going to close this ticket for now because I don't sense that Gittip should get into bounties itself. Feel free to keep discussing here and if there's a groundswell we can reopen.

[domenkozar]

Nice :) Thanks, I will also try to pursue this idea. @whit537 do you know who owns https://github.com/fundhub? Would be lovely to have it back :)

[chadwhitacre]

Another bounty service, for the record:

http://git.bo/

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @yaniv-aknin via private email

[chadwhitacre]

Two more bounty sites:

https://www.catincan.com/
https://www.bountysource.com/

[chadwhitacre]

http://issuehunter.co/

[chadwhitacre]

Just got a call from Dave from BountySource about a collaboration. The idea is to be able to spend your Gittip balance on BountySource and vice versa. This is similar to @tonylampada's user story above. This is next door to the gift in kind idea (see #827). Since this ticket was really about adding the bounty model directly to Gittip, I'm keeping it closed, and I've reticketed the general case of transferring balances between and amongst crowd-funding platforms as #872.