[vlc-devel] [RFC] Bounties for VLC

[Edward Wang]

On 12-08-14 11:35 AM, Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 06:32:45PM +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote :
>> IMHO, you don't want to use bounty hunters for something as critical as that.
>> There would be a huge risk that the guy/gal "implements" whatever feature the
>> bounty says, then runs away with the money. And who gets to maintain the
>> resulting code and fix the regressions?
> Money is payed on code merge, for this reason.
>
I think Remi is talking more about the long-term after effects, like 
what happens six years down the road, let's say, if there's a problem 
six years down the road and the original bounty guy has vanished into 
the bit bucket.

Regards,
         Edward Wang