Interesting idea, but isn't there a danger of duplicated effort with this approach?
It would be annoying to put a bunch of work into something only to be beaten to the finish line by someone else. From a developer's perspective that would add to the risk and may be a disincentive to try. On Sat, May 6, 2017, 4:53 AM Steve Dougherty <st...@asksteved.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > To my understanding, at least currently xor does not want FPI to pay him > for his work. Some developers on FMS have proposed bug bounties - say, > $1000 - for completing a task like "fix Windows tray / installer to work > with 64-bit Java." This would be in a "first to get reviewed and merged > gets paid" fashion, the idea being we can pay people not yet familiar with > the project to familiarize themselves and not have to commit to paying an > unknown developer hourly. At least one developer has asked that payment be > available in crypto currency; this seems reasonable to me. > > Thoughts? > > - Steve > -- Stacks http://trystacks.com/ - Our AI will save you money
