What about a hybrid Donate/Pledge box? I'm aware there is a Donate section on the main site. But could this somehow be Incorporated into the rest of the site? Bugs and Apps DB or would it just be tacky :)
Cheers,
Tom
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Francois Gouget fgouget@free.fr wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Tom Wickline wrote: [...]
But the problem is if say I donate $50.00 who's to say the bug I donate to will be resolved any time soon? Paypal only allows refunds up to 60 days, so how would you go about a refund if the bug wasn't fixed in say a year or more?
The solution to this problem is 'pledges'. So when the bug is closed, those who pledged to give money are notified and can then decide for themselves whether to send the money or not.
Sure it means they may go back on their word, from some outsider's point of view, but at least they cannot complain, and Wine not getting the money would pretty much be business as usual anyway (unless reneged pledges detract from regular WPF donations).
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