An idea - make dlang.org a fundation

[John Colvin]

On Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 21:39:28 UTC, ixid wrote:
>>-You could start taking donations and hire some people to work 
>>on
> D.
>
> This doesn't work as it's a volunteer project. Why should 
> someone get paid when others give their time for free? It would 
> create conflict while being a less effective application of 
> funds, D already gets more than one or two people years of 
> effort per year. A better use of the money is another D 
> conference which has been a huge success and generated both 
> ideas and much greater interest and exposure for D.

I don't think paying people should be out of the question, if 
there was money available.


There are often jobs that need doing on a project the size of D 
that aren't fun, stimlating or interesting, but are still 
absolutely necessary. Trawling through documentation for any 
errors/omissions etc. comes to mind.

These tasks could be split up in to manageable chunks and offered 
as freelance contracts for a modest but reasonable wage, 
dependant on urgency, technical skill needed etc.
E.g. If someone would pay me even as little as $15-20 an hour to 
go through phobos enforcing the style guide everywhere or chasing 
up old bugs in bugzilla, I would happily put in a few hours a 
week. For a student that sort of money goes a long way.
(Not suggesting that paying per hour is a good idea necessarily, 
just illustrating the point with an example)