Project Registry (was Ransomware)

[Dan Shafer]

Paul....

I think the problem for me has come as this has escalated from a  
fairly simple approach to enabling someone who plans to develop and  
release open source/freeware to gauge the market before doing so,  
into a sort of commercial-grade bidding registry which, I agree,  
would require appropriate disposition of the proceeds of any deposits  
made on behalf of projects that never get off the ground.

Maybe there are two classes of project: free/opensource, and  
commercial, with slightly different rules and procedures for each?

Dan

On Jul 20, 2005, at 12:16 PM, SimPLsol at aol.com wrote:

> Dan,
> Wow is the word! This has so much potential it is hard to  
> underestimate it.
>
> I think the escrow idea is essential (for all but the smallest  
> projects).
> People who donate money (especially large contributions) should  
> know that they
> will get it back if the project is not commenced or completed.  
> Developers should
> know there is real money in the kitty before beginning work. I've
> incorporated the idea of "pledges" to give an idea of support for  
> the request before any
> money at all is committed. A developer might begin work on pledges  
> alone if
> there were enough from enough reputable people - but long projects  
> require real
> money. For smaller projects the moderator can manage the escrow  
> account, for
> larger projects there should be a third party escrow. Even with the  
> original
> idea, the money must be stored somewhere.
>
> There are countless other details to be resolved (for instance,  
> what happens
> if contributions exceed expenses; everyone gets back a percentage  
> of the
> excess?) but we can begin with a registry (or better name/ 
> description if you've got
> one).
> Paul Looney
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