Bountysource is a crowdsourcing website for open source bounties and since 2012 also for crowdfunding. Users (called "backers") can pledge money for tasks using micropayment services that open source software developers can pick up and solve to earn the money. It also allows large-scale fundraising for big improvements on the project. It integrates with GitHub using its bug tracker to check if the problem is resolved and connect the resolution with GitHub's pull request system to identify the patch. When the users agree that they are satisfied and the project maintainer merged the proposed changes to the source-code, Bountysource will transfer the money acting as a trustee during the whole process. [1][2]
Bountysource was started in the 2000s and by May 8, 2006, had integrated a new custom-built Subversion browser into the system.[3] On May 11, 2006, Bountysource released their Subversion browser, titled bsSvnBrowser, under the GNU General Public License.[4] The initial idea was to open-source more portions of Bountysource as time went on and the code matured to be a true Open Source alternative to the proprietary SourceForge.net. The website was originally written in PHP, but as of March 18, 2006, it switched to Ruby on Rails.[5] Development on Bountysource was stopped in March 2008.[6]
It relaunched as a service using the GitHub-API in 2012 to focus on being a trustee for software development bounties that are collected through PayPal, Bitcoin, and other methods.[7][8]
In 2017, the company was bought by a cryptocurrency company called CanYa.
In 2020 it was bought by a company named The Blockchain Group, which became the owner on July 1. [9][10]
As of June 2023, Bountysource appears to have stopped paying bounties to developers with verified claims. The Blockchain Group also appears to have stopped responding to Bountysource users.[11][12]
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The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for web content Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Bountysource news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bountysource is a crowdsourcing website for open source bounties and since 2012 also for crowdfunding Users called backers can pledge money for tasks using micropayment services that open source software developers can pick up and solve to earn the money It also allows large scale fundraising for big improvements on the project It integrates with GitHub using its bug tracker to check if the problem is resolved and connect the resolution with GitHub s pull request system to identify the patch When the users agree that they are satisfied and the project maintainer merged the proposed changes to the source code Bountysource will transfer the money acting as a trustee during the whole process 1 2 BountysourceType of sitecrowdfunding bountiesAvailable inEnglishHeadquartersSan Francisco California United StatesURLwww wbr bountysource wbr comCommercialYesLaunched2003 relaunch in 2012 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editBountysource was started in the 2000s and by May 8 2006 had integrated a new custom built Subversion browser into the system 3 On May 11 2006 Bountysource released their Subversion browser titled bsSvnBrowser under the GNU General Public License 4 The initial idea was to open source more portions of Bountysource as time went on and the code matured to be a true Open Source alternative to the proprietary SourceForge net The website was originally written in PHP but as of March 18 2006 it switched to Ruby on Rails 5 Development on Bountysource was stopped in March 2008 6 It relaunched as a service using the GitHub API in 2012 to focus on being a trustee for software development bounties that are collected through PayPal Bitcoin and other methods 7 8 In 2017 the company was bought by a cryptocurrency company called CanYa In 2020 it was bought by a company named The Blockchain Group which became the owner on July 1 9 10 As of June 2023 Bountysource appears to have stopped paying bounties to developers with verified claims The Blockchain Group also appears to have stopped responding to Bountysource users 11 12 See also editKickstarter Comparison of crowd funding services Business models for open source software nbsp Free and open source software portalReferences edit Fifty Shades of Crowdfunding 50 Worldwide Crowdfunding Platforms Reviewed p 16 ISBN 1291761764 Bourse Zone The Blockchain group Nicolas le Herissier Bounty Source Zone bourse www zonebourse com in French David Rappo 8 May 2006 New SVN Browser Added Bounty Source Development Archived from the original on 2006 11 19 Retrieved 2013 07 09 David Rappo 11 May 2006 Bounty Source s SVN Browser is now Open Source Bounty Source bsSvnBrowser Archived from the original on 1 May 2013 Retrieved 9 July 2013 David Rappo 18 March 2006 Welcome to Bounty Source v0 2 Bounty Source Development Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 Retrieved 9 July 2013 David Rappo 9 March 2008 So long and thanks for all the fish Bounty Source Development Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 Retrieved 9 July 2013 Lunduke Bryan 2013 08 07 Open source gets its own crowd funding site with bounties included Bountysource is the crowd funding site the open source community has been waiting for networkworld com Retrieved 2013 08 10 Many open source projects from phones to programming tools have taken to crowd funding sites such as Kickstarter and indiegogo in order to raise the cash needed for large scale development And in some cases this has worked out quite well Bountysource Raises 1 1 Million for the First Crowdfunding Platform for Open Source Software Projects finance yahoo com 2013 07 16 Retrieved 2013 08 08 The Blockchain Group annonce l acquisition de BountySource aux Etats Unis et une augmentation de capital par placement prive The Blockchain Group 2021 03 03 Archived from the original on 2021 03 03 Retrieved 2021 08 13 MarketScreener The Blockchain Group acquired Bountysource Inc MarketScreener www marketscreener com Retrieved 2021 08 13 What is wrong with your support and cash out process www github com Retrieved 2023 06 09 CRITICAL Bountysource Escrow Complain dfpi ca gov Issue 1586 bountysource core GitHub Retrieved 2023 06 12 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bountysource amp oldid 1163027736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
