[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Bug Bounty

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:14:06PM +0100, Rafa?l Carr? wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:29:16 +0100
> Benjamin Larsson <banan at ludd.ltu.se> wrote:
> 
> > Michael Niedermayer wrote:
[...]
> > > comments, flames, love letters, death threats?
> 
> I wouldn't bet much on the success of bounty programs, considering what
> i've seen in the past (like in gnome and gaim), though if the bugs do
> not require too high capabilities it could be different.

I think the bug bounty idea is a way to get the money to the people who
work on ffmpeg and at the same time it should reduce the amount of bugs
somewhat.
I did not expect it to to draw in a significant number of new developers
jumping on bugs that are too hard for the ffmpeg developers to fix.


> 
> > I like this idea. Now we just need the funds to cover all this. 
> 
> VideoLAN could probably could make a gift to FFmpeg to sponsor such a
> program, though we need to discuss it. (We all agree about sending
> cones, but I guess money would be more attractive :) )

gifts, cones, pizza or money is always welcome :)

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