The easy way to get around exploiting free labor is to pay for the labor. Give the project a cost and time budget (e.g., "You've got six hours to try to resolv

The easy way to get around exploiting free labor is to pay for the labor. Give the project a cost and time budget (e.g., "You've got six hours to try to resolve this issue that our [already trained and familiar with the codebase] engineers think will take ~2 hours to resolve, and we'll pay $100 an hour for the effort whether or not you succeed")