There's a problem in the D economic system

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On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 03:44:20 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Tuesday, 23 July 2019 at 21:22:38 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>
>>
>> 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".
>
> Like it or not, the D Language Foundation is a legal entity 
> that must abide by the rules. They can't just be sending money 
> out to anyone who asks for it via email. Payments made have to 
> either be for something that was made public beforehand or 
> through contracts. Otherwise, there are going to be legal 
> issues.
>
> I talked with a company a few weeks back that wants to offer 
> bounties for several Bugzilla issues. I'm currently awaiting 
> news that they have approval for it and know what their budget 
> is. When I get the word I'll be setting up a bounty system on 
> Flipcause. The company will seed it, applying money to the 
> issues they care about. Anyone will be able to donate to those 
> issues or request to set up a bounty on other issues. The 
> Foundation will then be able to pay out bounties to anyone who 
> fixes those issues.
>
> But it simply can't happen by asking for money via email, no 
> matter how much anyone would like to help you. As an 
> alternative, you could always set up a PayPal account to accept 
> donations, or a Patreon account to fund your bug fixing. I'm 
> sure there are people here who would be willing to help out.
>
> Unfortunately, I can't estimate when the bounty system will be 
> ready because it depends on the company. However, if anyone is 
> willing to apply a bounty to an issue right now, then they can 
> let me know and I can launch it sooner. I just need a specific 
> Bugzilla issue and a dollar amount to get it started.

Yes, paying bounty to various people around the world is an 
administrative nightmare that would cost even more by itself.

I would go another direction. If the foundation has the money, 
why not hire a person or two to do development and fixes. 
Priority could be based on top contributes wishes. Just having a 
few people is more manageable when it comes to byrocracy.

Hiring students is more difficult but cheaper as usually it must 
be on a project where they can obtain university credits.