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More Than 10% of Mozilla Bug Finders Refuse Cash

Posted by Soulskill on from the never-underestimate-the-power-of-free-swag dept.

angry tapir writes "The open-source Mozilla project has been offering cash bounties for security bugs for six years now, but often bug finders simply turn down the cash. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of the serious security bugs reported since Mozilla launched its bug bounty program have been provided free of charge, according to Mozilla."

2 of 115 comments (clear)

  1. Job may not allow you to accept cash bounty by catherder_finleyd · · Score: 5, Informative

    If one were to find the bug in the course of one's job, the employer may not allow you to accept a cash bounty. This is certainly the case in the US Federal Government, as well as many Federal Contractors.

  2. Re:More evidence... by somegeekynick · · Score: 5, Informative
    I realise that we might only end up debating semantics and matters concerning law (*shudder*) but, for what it's worth,

    The Mozilla Foundation, which is registered as a charity in the United States...

    Source And, California registration by the Mozilla Foundation as a charitable trust.