Comments on: The Goal of a Bounty http://alexking.org/blog/2006/10/19/the-goal-of-a-bounty Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Geof F. Morris http://alexking.org/blog/2006/10/19/the-goal-of-a-bounty#comment-31846 Geof F. Morris Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:43:17 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2006/10/19/the-goal-of-a-bounty#comment-31846 Having laid out a bounty my own self, I'm aware that there's many such ways to go about this. What you did? Totally cool. This is a niche best served by a commercial product. The only bounty I've funded regarded a free app for a free/open service, so I was simply trying to provide some financial incentive for it---and, as such, I put in caveats about that bounty's nature. The way I look at it is this in the mind that the golden rule here is that he who has the gold makes the rules, y'know? If you want a free solution, start your own bounty with your own conditions and see what kind of response you'll get. :) Having laid out a bounty my own self, I’m aware that there’s many such ways to go about this. What you did? Totally cool. This is a niche best served by a commercial product. The only bounty I’ve funded regarded a free app for a free/open service, so I was simply trying to provide some financial incentive for it—and, as such, I put in caveats about that bounty’s nature.

The way I look at it is this in the mind that the golden rule here is that he who has the gold makes the rules, y’know? If you want a free solution, start your own bounty with your own conditions and see what kind of response you’ll get. :)

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