On 06/05/17 12:36, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On 06/05/17 10:53, Steve Dougherty wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> To my understanding, at least currently xor does not want FPI to pay him for 
>> his work. Some developers on FMS have proposed bug bounties - say, $1000 - 
>> for completing a task like "fix Windows tray / installer to work with 64-bit 
>> Java." This would be in a "first to get reviewed and merged gets paid" 
>> fashion, the idea being we can pay people not yet familiar with the project 
>> to familiarize themselves and not have to commit to paying an unknown 
>> developer hourly. At least one developer has asked that payment be available 
>> in crypto currency; this seems reasonable to me.
> Legally you have to be able to identify them for tax purposes (since
> you're doing this as FPI, not building some anonymous infrastructure for
> it). Or you end up liable for their taxes.
>
> Apart from that, bounties sound like a good idea. But IANAFD.

IANAL too :)


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