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Bribe Devs To Improve Open Source Software

Posted by Unknown on from the five-cents-for-two-years-of-work dept.

mikejuk writes "Bribe.io announces itself as: 'A super easy way to bribe developers to fix bugs and add features in the software you're using.' Recognizing the fact that a lot of open source projects are maintained by developers working alone and in their spare time, the idea is to encourage other developers to by specifying a monetary value to a bug report or feature enhancement. Once an initial 'Bribe' has been posted others can 'chip in' and add to the financial incentive."

2 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... by perpenso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you picked out a color for that minivan yet? :-)

  2. Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... by jm007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "bounty" sounds cool and could be used as a pick up line:
    "Yeah, babe, I'm a bounty hunter"

    Just don't follow it up with "... just like Boba Fett"