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Devs are about to get rich! - PatK - 2013-11-05
Or maybe not so much....
A new start-up Bribe.io announces itself as: A super easy way to bribe developers to fix bugs and add features in the software you're using. The idea is to encourage developers to fix or add features 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.
FTA: Of course, open source means that you are always free to modify the program and even pay a programmer to fix a bug or add a new feature. This is the big point of open source. In this case, however, the idea is to use cash as a sort of voting system for what users really want done and to implement the changes as part of the public codebase.
For example if 100 users want a feature and they are all willing to pay $10 for it then the programmer or programming team might decide that to raise its priority and add $1000 to the project's funds. When the change is made the entire user community benefits.
If you have an opinion on this idea the Bribe.io survey want to know.
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/6554-bribe-devs-to-improve-open-source-software.html
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/11/05/0127222/bribe-devs-to-improve-open-source-software
Direct donations cut out the middle man... but this is an interesting concept.
How much would you pay for a feature or to squash a bug? ... - n1md4 - 2013-11-05
http://signup.bribe.io/
p.s. I'm no affiliate, nor has my account been hacked, and spamming the forums ... I genuinely like the sound of this
