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1. Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 13:17:02 EST Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
   So you might think that software development is broken, that there are too many bugs and that developers never know what they're doing. But I think if you go down the route beyond simple bug bounties into bug futures and bug derivatives and bug derivative swaps - turning the making and maintaining of software into gambling bets - then there's the potential to really bork FOSS development in a major way.
   1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Sunday, 04-Feb-2018 00:10:37 EST Annah

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      @bob I think this is a pretty obvious attempt to sabotoge FOSS development
   2. Verius (verius@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Sunday, 04-Feb-2018 05:51:36 EST Verius

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      @bob Ok, so let's think this through. Assuming the FEC or local equivalent doesn't intervene I'd expect there to be some kind of financial instrument where you can bet that bugs will not occur. It would be reasonable for people to take those and watch the commit stream like a hawk to find any sabotage attempts (cause the easiest way to get your bounty is to introduce the bug in the first place). On one hand quality of code review would rise but on the other hand you'd get massive flamewars over whether a patch introduces a bug for the benefit of its author. Yeah, you're right, it would have a major negative impact in practice.