Bribe Devs To Improve Open Source Software 109
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."
not a bribe (Score:5, Insightful)
it's not a bribe, it's a contract. how is this news?
Appealing to the inner pirate ... (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.
Reward for work? (Score:2, Insightful)
Getting paid for work? What arcane principle is this?
Doesnt everyone just work for free towards the greater good of software
Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... (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.
In the rest of the world... (Score:5, Insightful)
that's called issuing a paycheck.
Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... (Score:4, Insightful)
Ransom implies hostages... But bounty sounds exactly right, indeed! I personally probably would get off my lazy backside and start coding a bit more if there was a little reward involved
Re:Appealing to the inner pirate ... (Score:4, Insightful)
In other news, people who think bribery is cool are small-minded morons. Case in point:
"One of the things I have always found troubling about Westerners doing business in emerging market countries is that they sometimes take an almost perverse pride in discussing payoffs to government officials. It is as though their having paid a bribe is a symbol of their international sophistication and insider knowledge. Yet, countless times when I am told of the bribe, I know the very same thing could almost certainly have been accomplished without a bribe."
--Dan Harris, chinalawblog.com