I've been trying to figure out how to track bounties (offered by
funders) and proposals (proposed by developers) in a ledger. Here are
two attempts for bounty tracking. I welcome any comments or
improvements.
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bounty accounting example 1
; track bounty offers and completion, not payment
; alice offers a bounty for various improvements to the add command.
; This is income for the project, even though not yet accepted.
2009/5/1 bounty offered
income:alice:bounties:offered:better add oommand $-50
assets:bounties:offered:better add oommand $50
; bob accepts the bounty and begins work.
; The bounty becomes his asset within the project.
2009/5/2 bounty accepted
assets:bounties:offered:better add oommand $-50
assets:bounties:in progress:bob:better add oommand $50
; bob completes the work and requests payment.
; The bounty is recorded as project equity. Payment is not tracked in
this
; ledger.
2009/5/3 bounty completed
assets:bounties:in progress:bob:better add oommand $-50
equity:bounties:completed:better add oommand $50
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; bounty accounting example 2
; track bounty offers and completion with virtual accounts, bounty
payment
; with real accounts
; with a virtual transaction, alice acquires and offers a valuable
bounty
2009/5/1 bounty offered
(contributors:alice:bounties:offered:better add oommand) $50
; bob accepts and the virtual amount is transferred to him
2009/5/2 bounty accepted
[contributors:alice:bounties:offered:better add oommand] $-50
[contributors:bob:bounties:in progress:better add oommand] $50
; bob completes the work; the virtual amount disappears and a
; corresponding real amount becomes due from alice to bob.
2009/5/3 bounty completed
(contributors:bob:bounties:in progress:better add oommand) $-50
contributors:bob:bounties:receivable:better add oommand $50
contributors:alice:bounties:payable:better add oommand $-50
; alice pays bob; this is recorded as her expense and bob's income
2009/5/4 bounty paid
contributors:bob:bounties:receivable:better add oommand $-50
contributors:bob:income:bounties:better add oommand $50
contributors:alice:bounties:payable:better add oommand $50
contributors:alice:expenses:bounties:better add oommand $-50
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