So the question/s seems to be:
- Is the bounty amount really all that counts with bug bounty sites ?
- Should there be an anonymous ‘dev. listings’ site, that could jump start getting in touch with free software developers ? Feed back would be interesting to read off this.
- Why is it so difficult for commercial hubs such as Canonical to connect users with dev.s ?
- Should there be a ‘bug-bounties’ users group on Launchpad ? Meet-ups would be fun !
- As suggested in forums, when does the community have the last say in micro-crowdfunding of this sort ?
In the end it is the backer that can decide what’s backed and what isn’t. >Jono’s thoughts ? - And lastly, do you think we should have a ‘suggested donation’ ledger in the system settings that allows for a fraction of a cent, accrued, to the appropriate developer group: like LibreOffice ?
I imagine a whole operating system like this with bounty-bugs for tool-tips (BountOS), where the developers get paid for the latest and greatest LTS for money up front (like ZorinOS), and the dev.s in the background get small-scale tips for work done similar to elementary. Equally (and I think this is a different pie in the sky side of things), the service agreement could be a_lot better with video calls and proper service over the wire. In the final analysis these are two different sides to the same laser guided accurate bug-bounty coin that would mean in 10 or 20 years the desktop could be a proper attraction to windows users etc.
I meant the tool-tips side of things because you could show in the operating system itself, what needs work on, like tool-tips and a leaderboard (something launchpad is missing).
I think I mangled that, but the spirit of the discussion is there; soz.
Is this just Boun- TOS or do you think it would work ?
Homework: Bountysource video.