Open source bounty
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An open-source bounty is a reward, usually monetary, for making contributions to an open-source project. BountySource
and many other websites have been established to advertise such bounties.
Bounties are often used for implementing minor features, whereas bidding and/or grants are more typically used for major features.
BountySource
BountySource is a collaborative project management service for use by any open-source software with an OSI-approved license. Like other free services and products , BountySource allows for developers to track bugs and feature requests. Unlike the others, BountySource also allows for "bounties" and...
and many other websites have been established to advertise such bounties.
- Sun MicroSystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
has offered $1 million in bounties for OpenSolarisOpenSolarisOpenSolaris was an open source computer operating system based on Solaris created by Sun Microsystems. It was also the name of the project initiated by Sun to build a developer and user community around the software...
, NetBeansNetBeansNetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and others...
, OpenSPARCOpenSPARCOpenSPARC is an open-source hardware project started in December 2005. The initial contribution to the project was Sun Microsystems' register-transfer level Verilog code for a full 64-bit, 32-thread microprocessor, the UltraSPARC T1 processor. On 21 March 2006, Sun released the source code to the...
, Project GlassFish, OpenOffice, and OpenJDKOpenJDKOpenJDK is a free and open source implementation of the Java programming language. It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006...
. - The Google Summer of CodeGoogle Summer of CodeThe Google Summer of Code is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free or open-source software coding project during the summer...
and the OSU Winter of Code provide stipends to students working on open source code. - MozillaMozillaMozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
introduced a Security Bug Bounty Program offering $500 to anyone who finds a "critical" security bug in Mozilla. - Artifex Software offers up to $1000 to anyone who fixes some of the issues posted on GhostscriptGhostscriptGhostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format page description languages.- Features :...
BugzillaBugzillaBugzilla is a Web-based general-purpose bugtracker and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project, and licensed under the Mozilla Public License....
. - Two software bounties were completed for the classic Commodore Amiga Motorola 680x0 version of the AROSArosAros may refer to:*Aros , a river in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium*AROS Research Operating System, a free software implementation of AmigaOS* Aros, the original Viking name of Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark...
operating system, producing a free Kickstart ROMKickstart (Amiga)Kickstart is a commonly used term for the bootstrap firmware of the Amiga computers developed by Commodore.Most Amiga models were shipped with the Kickstart firmware stored on ROM chips...
replacement for use with the UAE emulator and FPGA Amiga reimplementations, as well as original Amiga hardware.
Bounties are often used for implementing minor features, whereas bidding and/or grants are more typically used for major features.