Well we have already made the source code open and free and also encouraged the city to release an app with our source code as base. They weren’t interested in that. They would rather license the app, support and maintenance to us. We have quoted a fixed sum per month for that service and we plan to use that money to reimburse everyone sending PR:s we merge.
> We have quoted a fixed sum per month for that service and we plan to use that money to reimburse everyone sending PR:s we merge
How interesting :- ) I wonder how you'll distribute the thanks-for-the-feature (PR) money — e.g. per PR, or per lines (hmm I guess not) or maybe some impact / "severity" system like for bug bounties? (but this time "feature bounties")
(From Sweden me too. How nice that you built the app and that apparently things seem to end in a good way :- ) I felt a bit upset when reading the article)
If you view your idealised version of the app as "the app" and everywhere it doesn't currently match reality as a bug, you can just use a bug bounty system for it and it will make intuitive sense for everyone :)
Sounds like a positive step forward, despite the grief they put you through! Ultimately it seems like democracy winning out, although sad to see the very institution that should support and endorse it acting as a gatekeeper.
Well we have already made the source code open and free and also encouraged the city to release an app with our source code as base. They weren’t interested in that. They would rather license the app, support and maintenance to us. We have quoted a fixed sum per month for that service and we plan to use that money to reimburse everyone sending PR:s we merge.