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| Avery:
I think this idea has merit, but the exact mechanism..... I'm not sure. Is it possible to set up a system where people can request projects and then throw money into the bounty for that particular project? So that, at any given time there might be dozens of projects on the list, each with a smaller bounty? Also, why limit it to software? There are numerous pieces of electronics that I could put together if I had a proven design, but I don't have a hope in hell of designing myself. (Some of these aren't arcade related, but there you go.) Heck, I'd even kick a few bucks into a fund that, when someone showed us all a particularly cool hack or some such (don't ask me how this is decided - I'm just brainstorming here) we bought them a cool new toy of some sort by way of saying thanks. I guess what I'm dancing around here, is I don't know if work for hire is the right model to go with, but I'm all over the model where someone does something for me that I couldn't do on my own and I treat them to pizza and beer. (or something like that) |
| mahuti:
--- Quote ---Is it possible to set up a system where people can request projects and then throw money into the bounty for that particular project? So that, at any given time there might be dozens of projects on the list, each with a smaller bounty? --- End quote --- That was my ultimate goal --- Quote ---Also, why limit it to software? There are numerous pieces of electronics that I could put together if I had a proven design, but I don't have a hope in hell of designing myself. (Some of these aren't arcade related, but there you go.) --- End quote --- I also made mention of that above... I agree with you. In the end, this might be a better better suited to helping fund some kind of hardware projects. |
| MYX:
I see the fine line concerning the MAME programming, but, take PowerMAME, Mike added functionality to MAME, he did not alter the ROMs in any way he just made it blink and talk. If someone were to carry the code to the next level, It would be great, but is it dangerous to pay for add ons being that it is not part of the main mame objective. In a sence, it is kind of like a front end as the roms nor MAME was ever written to act this way. |
| Lilwolf:
I would say it IS fine for a frontend or maybe custom arcade ready games... But for mame in any build I would say no. 1st... why should someone get paid to write code when the mame devs don't. Even if it IS requested by someone whos paying. 2nd... If the courts find out that someone being paid for writing mame (even without being the main dev group) you might bring the entire thing down because I could see the courts say that the projects where really tied in some way... or that one is directly allowing the other to cause problems. This might also bring them in to court if there where any default actions against mame. 3rd... The people who request features might not be in the best interest of the 'scene'... ie arcade bootleggers for instance. When would we stop? who would decide? Might start off innocent enough... but after a while, I could see people letting questional adds slide through. but I DO see this type of project good for other items. But not directly to programmers. Like the group who offered a cash prize for the best arcade control friendly freeware app. There where a TON of submissions. Or maybe frontend reward program. "I'll offer the first frontend to add a feature "x" 10 bucks... (and then others could add to that number). then the first to add the feature would get 1/2, next 1/4, next 1/8... ect.... or something similar. Just a quick idea, didn't really think that one through though. |
| mahuti:
I like that. Sounds fun. |
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