Comment Open Source and Paid Contributions? (Score 1) 143
Does anyone know if any companies have the following model:
Non-free (low cost) software that is entirely open source, where developers can submit changes to the source code. If the changes are accepted, the company pays the developer some bounty based on the amount of work.
The company should pay fairly, because that will encourage others to submit code changes to make the program better.
Is anyone doing this? Does this idea sound appealing, or am I smoking my socks?
Non-free (low cost) software that is entirely open source, where developers can submit changes to the source code. If the changes are accepted, the company pays the developer some bounty based on the amount of work.
The company should pay fairly, because that will encourage others to submit code changes to make the program better.
- The company ultimately retains ownership of the software, and can make a profit, and drive improvements.
- Users like the fact that they have the source code and can modify it, or support it if the company goes out of business.
- Developers like it because they can be compensated for code submissions (even though coding for coding's sake is, of course, a reward in itself).
Is anyone doing this? Does this idea sound appealing, or am I smoking my socks?
