Re: gEDA-user: paid help?

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am just getting started and may say things that sound stupid.

Even something you think sounds stupid gives us some insight into how
new users perceive our software :-)

> I guess this leaves me with a question... Is geda meant for the
> non-lazy high end user that roll's his/her own footprints?

It's a mix of both.  We *do* have libraries of symbols and footprints
for many of the commonly needed parts.  People *still* often have to
"roll their own" because we just don't have *every* part in our
library.

Yes, we'd like our library to be more complete, but we've been
discussing this problem for YEARS and have yet to come up with a
workable solution.

> If so then if I paid for a few more then it would not really help as 
> this is not the intended direction.

Hmmm... no, that's not right.  Intent has nothing to do with it, it's
just not practical for us to have every part in our libraries.

> If the project does need more footprints then would it not be good
> to come up with a viable solution to create them?

Sure.  Go ahead :-)

> For instance could someone sell a support package, i.e includes 50
> footprints for X amount of money. These footprints would then become
> open source and available to all, free as in beer. Would this
> approach not bring more people to the project? or would it bring the
> wrong kind of people?

I think this would be a great idea, if (1) you could find people
willing to do that, (2) you could find people willing to pay for it,
and (3) they could agree on a price.

But this has nothing to do with *our* desires, it's a free market -
all it needs is two people willing to deal.  We already have
gedasymbols.org where people can put freely usable symbols and
footprints, I don't think anyone would have a problem with someone
promoting their own services and rates on their gedasymbols page.

Perhaps what we need is a bounty system?  Someone posts an URL for a
part's spec sheet and how much they're willing to pay.  Contenders
post screenshots of the symbols and footprints they come up with, and
one is chosen to get the bounty and submit their data files to the
community.


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