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A New Way To Fund Open Source Software Projects, Bug Fixes and Feature Requests

Posted by Soulskill on from the charge-10-cents-per-compile dept.

Lemeowski writes "Open source software projects are seeing some success on fundraising sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. But Warren Konkel believes open source software needs a better funding model that's more aligned with how software is built. So Konkel, who was the first hire at LivingSocial, teamed up with his friend David Rappo, a producer for games including Guitar Hero and Skylander, and founded Bountysource, a crowdfunding and bounty site specifically designed to help developers raise money for their OSS projects, bug fixes and feature requests. In this interview, Konkel talks about how he recently snagged a $1.1 million investment in Bountysource, gives developers tips on launching a fundraising effort for their OSS project, and more."

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  1. Tighter integration? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It would be cool to have bounty collection integrated with issue tracking, where after creating a new issue or finding that one that I need implemented I could put my money on having a resolution with just a couple of keystrokes.

    1. Re:Tighter integration? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Github, are you reading this? Go for it!

      issue tracking, where after creating a new issue or finding that one that I need implemented I could put my money on having a resolution with just a couple of keystrokes.

      It would also make it legal to fund projects in Finland, where donations are illegal (without cumbersome permits etc). One can't give money without compensation like work, or product or service. But giving money for fixing issue would be legal.

  2. Re:Javascript needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could put out a bounty for making the web site viewable without JavaScript. :-)

  3. Re:Javascript needed by kajsocc · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could put out a bounty for making the web site viewable without JavaScript. :-)

    No he can't. He doesn't have JavaScript enabled.

  4. Re:Absolutely nothing new about this by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And who in their right mind is going to do that, when they could get paid to do something else?

    This, pretty much. People who only do things for money will want as much money as they can get.

    People who are doing it for love don't really care about the money.

    This is just another bunch of leechy entrepreneurs wanting something they can collect an eternal cut from.

  5. Re:Javascript needed by HyperQuantum · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could put out a bounty for making the web site viewable without JavaScript. :-)

    No he can't. He doesn't have JavaScript enabled.

    And obviously, he cannot enable it for that single website because that would be a crime against humanity.

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