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Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers (boehs.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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This is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks.

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[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 87 points 2 weeks ago

Hi! I wrote this <3

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 weeks ago

Hi. Could you add a link to your Lemmy account to any other source? The website/GitHub/Mastodon/Liberapay doesn't mention this account.

[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sure! I've been meaning to depoy hedgedoc for a while now and this seems like a good use. Here you go: https://doc.boehs.org/s/socials

fixed; ignore

Edit: Why does nothing ever work. Immediately hit some obscure error because of a cloudflare minifier edgecase: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/cache-minify-breaking-script/386650/11, well if you do a view source you'll see it

Edit 2: You can also verify by asking at any of the methods in https://boehs.org/contact

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Also, could you please update the title of your fediverse post? The article now says 21k 🙂

[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I cannot maths sometime 😩

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

It happens to the best of us 🙂

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Updated.

[-] Misanthrope@lemmy.ml 72 points 2 weeks ago

In 2017, the project was purchased by the cryptocurrency company CanYa, and in 2020 it was sold to “The Blockchain Group”. Coincidently, around this time, the Bountysource project announced drastic changes to its terms of service, enabling them to steal unclaimed bounties after two years

Crypto ghouls strike again!

[-] acastcandream@beehaw.org 28 points 2 weeks ago

Im JuSt ExCitEd AbOuT tHe TeCh

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Here's the thing: I'm excited about the tech and its potential uses. BUT there's a reason why I still steer clear of any project that hasn't built up reputation for years. If the project is worthwhile, early adopters will find out and eventually, it will grow over many years. Then it could be considered somewhat "trustworthy".

[-] acastcandream@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

I was mining early 2010’s through 2015. Crypto is a casino. There is no useful application of the currency in particular.

[-] halm@leminal.space 28 points 2 weeks ago

Funny how Bountysource deteriorated at the exact time cryptocurrency got involved.

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

I don't like the comment "this is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks" because a bankruptcy of a company has nothing to do with the concept of open source.

[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you read through some of my other stuff, I mostly document controversy in the open source community. OSS developers being taken advantage of and loosing is just the norm, the only thing unique here is that the donation platform itself was doing that instead of the users

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't and it doesn't matter because you wrote it under this article and so it's related to it. I'm not saying that it's not true, but it can't be related to this fact.

[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's why I provided 18 citations for that claim in the first paragraph

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

That’s incredibly scummy. If it were huge corporations, it would be a rounding error no one would care about, but this is OSS community members we’re talking about

[-] Cloak@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago

Right? like the probably 50-100k they stole in total is whatever, but the fact they stole it from underpaid OSS developers and generous community members is disgusting.

I might apply for funding to research the real number that was stolen...

[-] MichaelTen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Are there better open source bounty sites/systems?

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 weeks ago

The best option is to just support the developer/project by the method they prefer the most (ko-fi/patreon/crypto/beer/t-shirts etc).

If the project doesn't accept any donations but accepts code contributions instead (or you want to develop something that doesn't exist), you can directly hire a freelancer to work on what you want, from sites like freelancer.com.