[$] Paying (some) Debian developers

In an offshoot of the Debian discussion we looked at last week, the Debian project hasbeen discussing the idea of paying developers to work on the distribution.There is some history behind the idea, going back to the controversial Dunc-Tank initiative in 2006,but some think attitudes toward funding developers may have changed-or thata new approach might be better accepted. While it is playing out with regard toDebian right now, it is a topic that other projects have struggled withalong the way-and surely will again.