closed-source bounties (was Re: [Asterisk-Dev] US$200 bounty for * paging feature)

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On 4/19/05, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com> wrote:
> Steven wrote:
> 
> > Are you sure a bounty is considered "work for hire"? I think the lack of
> > guarantee would be a problem. Specifically that there is no contract
> > before the fact. I may be stretching here, but I think a bounty
> > shouldn't be the same as work for hire.
> 
> OK, you are right: a "bounty" would not qualify as "work for hire". I
> missed the salient point of the original post, that it was a bounty and
> not a contract offer.

Well technically, bounty is whatever is agreed to between the parties.
 I would vote that a bounty commonly be known as a contribution
though.  It might be a good idea to put that in the wiki?  Or is it
already?  That way, if there is ever a dispute the term bounty in this
context is in fact defined (unless it's otherwise defined between the
parties which would override that).

If that makes sense...

Chris