[Koha-devel] Koha development

[MJ Ray]

Marshall Breeding wrote:
> Could each of the support firms or individuals involved in Koha development please either post to this list or send to me individually the FTE that you or your organization contributes for each of the major categories of activity?

I couldn't because it has varied massively over time depending on what
work we've worked on and it'd take a while to craft a query across the
work logs that captured it all.  At one point, we had all workers 100%
on Koha... long ago, it was maybe 30% of a smaller firm.

Also, sadly, time spent on Koha doesn't correlate well to how much goes
back to Koha-community, which is what I think would interest people more
- it varies depending on client attitudes and market conditions more
than I'd like.  To draw an ugly oversimplification, charitable clients
and a sellers' market allows us to sell more time on community work than
private clients in a buyers' market, but there's other factors,
including what else our R+D budget is being spent on.

I also couldn't because there's no offer to share-alike in this request,
so it would go against co-op principles and policies.

Finally, I'm not sure any Europeans should give anything other than the
vaguest headline numbers.  If people disclose too much detail of their
staff work assignments to third parties, then that may allow both worker
privacy disputes AND contractual disputes with clients who are buying
dedicated worker time (especially if you accept NDAs).

Best wishes,
-- 
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