Seeed is benefited a lot from the community for DSO nano, we are working on better ways of appreciating the contributions.
Candidates: 0) cash 1) donations, 2) paid app download 3) commercial usage royalties or 4) consultancy.
Surely we can offer bounties to finish the hot items on wish list. But direct cash might not be the most pleasant way, open source contributions are too hard to be measured by pure money and some people might feel uncomfortable on our offering.
In the alternative way, we are trying to add some authorization system into the devices. It could generate a APP market. We could list the firmware in our online store as a product. Paid downloading or free with donation link.
Also, People could make applications targeting special markets, even professional markets. We would involve the contributor as the co-developer and share the profit, or forward the contractor to corresponding developers.
How do you guys think? Thanks! 