[conspire] (forw) [MaraDNS list] Why I won't use Flattr or another similar scheme

[Don Marti]

begin Nick Moffitt quotation of Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 09:22:41AM +0000:
> Don Marti:
> > begin Nick Moffitt quotation of Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 09:38:29PM +0000:
> > > I would predict that a futures market for bugs would result in the
> > > introduction of disastrous bugs just to game the market.  It's hard to
> > > flood the market with pork bellies, but bugs and software are
> > > practically synonymous.
> > 
> > That's an interesting scenario.  Original author Alice introduces a
> > bug that she knows will affect user Charlie, but that packager Bob
> > will let through.
> 
> See also: "diseases of the rich".
> 
> > Sure, the world has too many derivatives traders, but the free
> > software scene has zero.
> 
> I would argue that that's a strength.

In your view would one distribution that operated a
bug market harm upstream or other distributions?

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Don Marti                    
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