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More Than 10% of Mozilla Bug Finders Refuse Cash
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."
"... often bug finders simply turn down the cash. Between 10 percent and 15 percent ..."
Not too sure what connotations "often" has for others but 10-15% doesn't really seem that "often"
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Y'know if they wanted to refuse the cash... instead of letting Mozilla keep it, have them donate it to the charity of their choice. Just sayin'.
That's effectively what they're doing - the 'charity' of their choice being the Mozilla foundation.
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It's a non-profit organization. That doesn't make it a charity, it just means it has a special tax status.
The fact that they accept donation gives some credence to the idea of calling them a charity; that they make far more money from their business activities at least makes it questionable.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Ah, so what you really meant is:
Y'know if they wanted to refuse the cash... instead of letting Mozilla keep it, have them donate it to the charity of my choice. Just sayin'.
Also, your work visa may not allow you to accept cash for work of another employer.
There are no statistics of how many people who accept the cash donate it to other open source projects who need the cash.
Almost 90% of Mozilla Bug Finders Accept Cash Reward!
Bullshit. The Mozilla foundation is not a charity nor is giving them money charity.
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating