There's a problem in the D economic system

[Laeeth Isharc]

On Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 21:22:38 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
> This is a bold, very bold post.
>
> I think there's a problem in the economic system of the D lang 
> foundation.
> And because of this problem I'll stop contributing to the 
> compiler and the standard library.
>
> Basically what has opened my eyes is this situation: like often 
> I have money problems. Since six months I have fixed something 
> like 50 dmd bugs. So a natural reflex was to contact the D 
> foundation, to ask for a little "bounty".
>
> The reply from the foundation was something like : "we cant do 
> that because now we are a legal entity and also this would make 
> other contributors jealous".
> Ok so I propose a serious project... I even reserve **three 
> weeks** for it... No replies nothing.
>
> So you've lost me. If someone in needs cant even get 50 bucks 
> from the foundation, in retribution for 50 bug fixes, there's a 
> serious problem.
>
> Goodbye.
>
> Basile B.


I emailed you directly.


Laeeth.