Re: [Fsfe-uk] Grants programme

[Sam Liddicott]

* Jason Clifford wrote, On 21/11/06 16:10:
> I've been giving some more thought to this today and had an idea I'd like 
> some feedback on.
>
> Firstly it now seems to me that the idea of a grants programme in the 
> format currently envision just isn't working for whatever reason. Maybe 
> it's because, as others have suggested, there just isn't enough money to 
> interest people.
>
> Looking around at the more prominent people in the UK Free Software 
> communities (well the Linux communities anyway) it seems that almost all 
> became involved while at school/college/uni. Many if not all were writing 
> code for or otherwise contributing to Free Software projects.
>
> How about the idea of part time employment for college/uni students to do 
> just that - write code or otherwise contribute to FS projects?
>
> If I budget to pay each of them £4,500 during the year UKFSN could do this 
> for 2 students in 2007 rising to 3 or 4 in 2008 and about 10 in 2009.
>   

It sounds a good deal.
It diverts the cash to people who:
a) need it the money
b) have the time to do the development
c) are most likely to be influenced positively from the development they do

Sam