On 07/09/18 02:47, Richard Yao wrote:
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>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:01 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:32 PM Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> wrote:
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>>>>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> - Host a bug-bounty program.
>>> This would need to be restricted to critical bugs. Otherwise, it would drain the foundation treasury very quickly.
>> ++
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>>> We also would need to restrict this to non-developers, again to avoid draining the treasury.
>> Uh, how does it drain the treasury less if we pay the same amount of
>> money to a non-dev vs a dev?  Wouldn't that actually discourage
>> regular contributors from becoming devs, and potentially drive us to
>> have to pay for more bounties since less stuff is getting fixed for
>> free?
> Fair point.
>> Bounties would have to be limited to what we really need and can
>> afford, but once you've gotten that far then there is really no reason
>> to restrict who can apply for them.  The goal is to fix the bug,
>> right?
> I was concerned that people might end up getting paid for things that they would do anyway, but I guess if we are careful with what qualifies, then that would be okay.
>> -- 
>> Rich
>>
>
It would also be worth stipulating that any individual's 'bounty haul'
would be capped at a certain amount in a defined time period.
But these are relatively simple technical details ..

MJE