[taddeimania]

you said you can't pay someone full time but can you pay contributors on a per contribution basis?

I don't think you made it clear what the bottleneck is in your compensation model. Is it the amount of funds or is it the currency? If you can pay in EUR or USD or whatever locale the contributor hails from, you should look into how magazines or online publications pay for articles. Maybe decide on a $/word amount you can afford and see the interest you get at that price point?

[kiwicopple]

We'll look into how the publications do it, thanks for the tip.

> what the bottleneck is in your compensation model

It's the amount of funds - we've only raised angel funding we can't risk taking on full time workers at a set amount each month. It makes our own situation difficult.

We'd be happy with trying smaller amounts. We could just go a contractor route, but it's a shame there aren't better/easier options for opensource companies to pay contributors in small, manageable pieces.

[convolvatron]

still confused. I've done plenty of gig work for pre-arranged lump sum using <payment service>. are you concerned about international tax compliance?

[correct_horse]

Paying for code on a per word basis is a bad idea. Enterprise fizzbuzz would look concise in comparison to the results of such a policy.