Re: Discussion on Guix funding // future

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Steve George <steve@futurile.net> writes:

> One concern with supporting developers is whether it demotivates them
> in the long-term: from intrinsic to extrinisic motivation. Basically,
> the answer is that pay doesn't motivate but it does 'enable' for
> committed contributors: the Linux foundation survey shows this,
> there's also various academic pieces on FOSS motivation.

Paying some people also has the potential of eroding motivation for
those who are not paid.

*Employing* people and having their salaries be paid from donations held
by a foundation is a can of worms that I personally would shy away from
opening.  An easier and less daunting way to inject monetary rewards
into volunteer-based activities is to fund awards for certain
accomplishments.  This would strip all the complications of employment
and still allow for less desirable work to be rewarded.

-- 
Ricardo