- From: Adam Lake <alake@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:59:10 -0400
- To: heather vescent <heathervescent@gmail.com>
- Cc: "W3C Credentials CG (Public List)" <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <d9d96a33-a8ab-ff68-e258-7763cf3bd722@digitalbazaar.com>
I guess the question is whether raising a bounty after the fact will be any easier that crowdfunding the effort and even if easier will it compensate for the risk of producing the work product prior to being funded. On 10/18/2018 11:55 AM, heather vescent wrote: > Have you successfully crowd-funded before? Because I have, and I have > coached people through it. It's not pretty or easy and there is no way > I am ever doing that kind of fundraising again. > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 8:51 AM Adam Lake <alake@digitalbazaar.com > <mailto:alake@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote: > > HI Heather, > > One way to approach this could be to produce a proposal for the > work product and put a bounty on it to be prefunded. Otherwise > know as crowdfunding, :) > > It might be a good idea to circulate the proposal prior to the > funding phase to get feedback from the community as to how the > proposal could be modified to attract the bounty being requested. > > This could reduce your, and others, risk, as well as increase the > value to the community. Just a thought. > > Adam > > > On 10/17/2018 6:24 PM, heather vescent wrote: >> While I applaud this concept, it is extremely problematic, >> specifically in putting all the risk onto the content creator. >> Maybe that is not too much of a risk for a developer building >> code, but it is significantly different for a film producer. >> >> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 3:19 PM Melvin Carvalho >> <melvincarvalho@gmail.com <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 23:22, Manu Sporny >> <msporny@digitalbazaar.com >> <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote: >> >> Following up with an idea on "how can we fund things in >> this ecosystem". >> The concept of bounties came up. >> >> Here's a simple concept: >> >> Release software, documentation, and specifications under >> a "Bounty >> License". >> >> The license states that the content is free for >> non-commercial use and >> sets a bounty price to transition the license into a FOSS >> license. >> >> For example, libvc is a Verifiable Credentials library in >> C++. It is >> under a bounty license of $50K, if the bounty is paid, it >> moves to BSD >> 3-clause license. I can imagine three companies joining >> in and paying >> that bounty because it reduces implementation risk for >> them, and they >> get the software at a fraction of the cost of developing >> and maintaining >> it themselves. The upside is that the developer is paid >> for their effort >> vs. what happens today (leeching). >> >> This is easiest for software... harder for things like >> documentation, >> videos, etc. Information that once it's out, it's out, is >> more >> difficult. So, for those items, previews are released and >> the full >> version is only released once the bounty is paid. >> >> Bounty prices would have to be above market rates... >> because the content >> creator took on considerable risk in creating the content. >> >> -- manu >> >> PS: I know there are some things that may be better paid >> for up front, >> and we can still do that in parallel to the suggestion above. >> >> >> love it! >> >> >> -- >> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: >> +Manu Sporny) >> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. >> blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches >> https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches >> >> >> >> -- >> Heather Vescent <http://www.heathervescent.com/> >> President, The Purple Tornado, Inc >> Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity >> <https://ssiscoop.com/> >> Author, The Cyber Attack Survival Manual <http://amzn.to/2i2Jz5K> >> >> @heathervescent <https://twitter.com/heathervescent> | Film >> Futures <https://vimeo.com/heathervescent> | Medium >> <https://medium.com/@heathervescent/> | LinkedIn >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathervescent/> | Future of >> Security Updates <https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779/> > > -- > Adam Lake > Director, Business Development > Digital Bazaar > Veres.io > 540-285-0083 > > > > -- > Heather Vescent <http://www.heathervescent.com/> > President, The Purple Tornado, Inc > Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity > <https://ssiscoop.com/> > Author, The Cyber Attack Survival Manual <http://amzn.to/2i2Jz5K> > > @heathervescent <https://twitter.com/heathervescent> | Film Futures > <https://vimeo.com/heathervescent> | Medium > <https://medium.com/@heathervescent/> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathervescent/> | Future of Security > Updates <https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779/> -- Adam Lake Director, Business Development Digital Bazaar Veres.io 540-285-0083
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