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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."

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  1. not a bribe by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it's not a bribe, it's a contract. how is this news?

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  2. Appealing to the inner pirate ... by perpenso · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it's not a bribe, it's a contract. how is this news?

    Its not news its marketing. Open source hobbyist devs are too rebellious to go for contracts, bribes are more appealing to their inner pirate. ;-) Its a way to make minimum wage pay for software development sound cool.

    1. Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... by Vintermann · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In that case, wouldn't "ransom" or "bounty" have been better? There have been projects like this before. As I recall, there was even one before Kickstarter came and made everyone talk about "crowdfunding" - but it didn't catch on.

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