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Open-source bounty

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Monetary reward for completing a project task

Anopen-source bounty is a monetaryreward for completing a task in anopen-source software project.

Description

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Bounties are usually offered as an incentive for fixingsoftware bugs or implementing minorfeatures.[1] Bounty driven development is one of thebusiness models for open-source software.[citation needed] The compensation offered for an open-source bounty is usually small.[2]

Examples of bounties

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  • 2023: The Prettier Challenge to write aRust program that would pass 95% of the test suite for the prettiercode formatter was completed within three weeks, with an award of $22,500 to Biome contributors.[3][4]
  • 2018:Mozilla Firefox's WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) bug was submitted by Education First to Bountysource for $50,000.[5]
  • 2004:Mozilla introduced a Security Bug Bounty Program, offering $500 to anyone who finds a "critical" security bug in Mozilla.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Kanda, T.; Guo, M.; Hata, H.; Matsumoto, K. (2017).Towards understanding an open-source bounty: Analysis of bountysource. 2017 IEEE 24th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER).IEEE. pp. 577–578.
  2. ^Zhou, J.; Wang, S.; Zhang, H.; Chen, T.H.P.; Hassan, A.E. (2021)."Studying backers and hunters in bounty issue addressing process of open source projects".Empirical Software Engineering.26 (4).Springer:1–36.doi:10.1007/s10664-021-09979-z.S2CID 254472802.
  3. ^"The Prettier Challenge". Algora, Public Benefit Corporation. 30 October 2023. Retrieved11 February 2024.
  4. ^"Biome formatter wins the Prettier challenge". Biome. 27 November 2023. Retrieved11 February 2024.
  5. ^"Bountysource, Education First increase Mozilla WebRTC bounty to a whopping $50,000!".CanYa Blog. 2019-10-08. Archived fromthe original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved2024-01-21.
  6. ^"Ghostscript: Bug bounty program". Retrieved14 July 2015.
  7. ^Shaun Nichols (30 January 2008)."Sun sets $1 million open source bounty".iTnews.nextmedia. Retrieved5 May 2025.
  8. ^Linda Rosencrance (3 August 2004)."Brief: Mozilla offers bounty for bugs".Computerworld. Retrieved11 June 2022.
  9. ^"Amiga.org - Kickstart ROM Replacement (Phase II) Assigned". Archived fromthe original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved14 July 2015.
  10. ^"Kickstart ROM Replacement (Phase II)". Retrieved14 July 2015.
  11. ^"RISC OS Open: All bounties". Retrieved14 July 2015.


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