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In January, the EU Starts Running Bug Bounties on Free and Open Source Software
- AndreyKarpov 8y agoPVS-Studio and Bug Bounties on Free and Open Source Software: https://medium.com/@karpov2007/pvs-studio-and-bug-bounties-on-free-and-open-source-software-538f42ee2701 https://medium.com/@karpov2007/pvs-studio-and-bug-bounties-o...
- gammateam 8y agoI came in this thread to make fun of how little software development is paid in Europe, but these are some of the largest bug bounties I've seen
- HissingMachine 8y agoThis could be frugal practice to follow in other public institutions that run parts of their infrastructure on FOSS, many larger corporations that rely on FOSS sometimes do contribute to the projects or have bug bounties because they know that when something breaks or worse, you are going to lose money. So why not do it by auditing the software and basically give back to the software you rely on, it works almost like insurance, when the shit hits the fan you are paying anyway so why not upfront it. This is an area public institutions could certainly follow since they can't lead.
- jammygit 8y agoIt would be exciting to see these sorts of initiatives grow. Imagine if the EU helped fund Debian or Gnome or LibreOffice to reduce their dependence on closed source software from the USA. Edit: typo