That is a general disadvantage to bounties, yes, but we are not in a situation where there are known-qualified developers with time available to be paid hourly for these things.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: DDG Tasks Bug Bounty Proposal Local Time: May 6, 2017 3:46 PM UTC Time: May 6, 2017 7:46 PM From: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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
