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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by withinboredom on Sunday March 31, 2024 @09:38AM (#39884136)
As long as that money is held in escrow. Otherwise vaporware would make a killing.
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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by spitfire on Sunday March 31, 2024 @12:31PM (#39885661)
You could Make them supply a test case that unlocks the escrow.

This both makes a bar that the bug creator has to pass, filtering some of the drive by time wasters, and gives a reward to the developers for fixing it.

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