Re: Sponsoring features in F/OSS projects

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Tom <address@hidden> wrote:
> Looks like somebody took the initiatve and created a site
> for that:
>
> "We love open source, but sometimes, development goes slower than we
> would like it to. We want to help improve that. We'll tell you how."
>
> Click the arrow on the right side to see how it works:
>
> http://www.freedomsponsors.com/

My impression is that users would be willing to pay for quick fixes
that way, but not for complicated development. If I am correct, what
would that mean for long term goals?