# Sponsoring feature development? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319 "2010-04-21T17:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/1 "2010-04-21T17:33:11Z")
Requests for non-buffered uploads in a proxy situation seem to have cropped up regularly on this list (the most recent just about a week ago). I’m interested in this feature as it would let me replace my slowly failing existing SSL termination layer with Nginx. Is there a system in place for sponsoring feature requests? This is something I’d be willing to pay for (depending on the cost, of course). If this isn’t the right venue, feel free to redirect me or email me off-list. -SH ---
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/2 "2010-04-21T17:41:57Z")
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:32:23AM -0400, S H wrote: > Requests for non-buffered uploads in a proxy situation seem to have cropped > up regularly on this list (the most recent just about a week ago). I’m > interested in this feature as it would let me replace my slowly failing > existing SSL termination layer with Nginx. > > Is there a system in place for sponsoring feature requests? This is > something I’d be willing to pay for (depending on the cost, of course). > > If this isn’t the right venue, feel free to redirect me or email me > off-list. There is [BountySource.com](http://BountySource.com) if this is better for your purpose. Regards, Matthias-Christian ---
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/3 "2010-04-21T20:29:59Z")
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Matthias-Christian O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > There is [BountySource.com](http://BountySource.com) if this is better for your purpose. Very interesting concept, but based on the state of the website, it seems to not yet be fully operational. Do you have any good or bad experience with BoutySource? There is also no nginx project there yet, and I suppose some sort of management structure would need to be created. – RPM ---
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/4 "2010-04-21T22:30:36Z")
I wound up using [RentACoder.com](http://RentACoder.com) - I couldn’t find someone who knew nginx + Kerberos/GSSAPI/etc. - but I did find someone who knew C and was able to hack something up. It still could use someone who knows nginx module development and/or Kerberos to look at the respective pieces… This is the output from that. I funded it myself, and part of the terms were to maintain a BSD license so it could be freely used/modified/cleared up, etc 🙂 [http://michaelshadle.com/2010/01/17/spnego-for-nginx-a-start-at-least/](http://michaelshadle.com/2010/01/17/spnego-for-nginx-a-start-at-least/) ---
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/5 "2010-04-21T21:46:41Z")
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 01:29:15PM -0500, Ryan M. wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Matthias-Christian O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > There is [BountySource.com](http://BountySource.com) if this is better for your purpose. > > Very interesting concept, but based on the state of the website, it > seems to not yet be fully operational. Do you have any good or bad > experience with BoutySource? No, I don’t. I just found when somebody else used it for a bounty some time ago. I also found FOSS Factory and [opensourcexperts.com](http://opensourcexperts.com). I don’t know if they are useful. > There is also no nginx project there yet, and I suppose some sort of > management structure would need to be created. I think the biggest problem with bounties is that, some people claim to pay money for a feature, then somebody implements the feature and in the end people who claimed to pay the work don’t pay the developer or they other way around. Even if you have contracts between the people, those are worthless if you are not in the same country, because enforcing a law in a different country is in the majority of cases more expensive than the expenses for the bounty. My suggestion is that if the developer wants to get paid and the client wants a feature, the client should search for a developer from his country and they should make a reliable contract. Regards, Matthias-Christian ---
**Author:** ![S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@S\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_H)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sponsoring-feature-development/187319/6 "2010-04-22T19:48:10Z")
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Matthias-Christian O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > time ago. > or they other way around. Even if you have contracts between the I guess it’ll probably be more productive to just look at hiring someone local to do this. Thanks anyhow. -SH