Yesterday, Bountysource sent out an email to their users about a change to their Terms of Service.
We have previously used Bountysource for bounties posted for the otland/forgottenserver repository. There is a number of open bounties that are also older than 2 years and per the new policy would be forfeited on July 1st. If you have posted any bounty, please take appropriate action to make sure your money isn't taken by Bountysource entirely for this reason.
We do not recommend posting new bounties for Github issues in the forgottenserver repository using Bountysource.
As reported by our staff members who contacted Bountysource to opt out of new ToS, they have withdrawn the new terms of service - for now. If you are concerned about your funds being forfeited in future, you should cancel your bounties and withdraw the "credits" from your account.
Relevant links:
The quote from the email message they sent is below:
We have previously used Bountysource for bounties posted for the otland/forgottenserver repository. There is a number of open bounties that are also older than 2 years and per the new policy would be forfeited on July 1st. If you have posted any bounty, please take appropriate action to make sure your money isn't taken by Bountysource entirely for this reason.
We do not recommend posting new bounties for Github issues in the forgottenserver repository using Bountysource.
As reported by our staff members who contacted Bountysource to opt out of new ToS, they have withdrawn the new terms of service - for now. If you are concerned about your funds being forfeited in future, you should cancel your bounties and withdraw the "credits" from your account.
Relevant links:
- BountySource have turned evil – alternatives? | Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23551098)
- Discussion in borgbackup/borg issue
The quote from the email message they sent is below:
Hi,
You are receiving this email because we are updating the Bountysource Terms of Service, effective 1st July 2020.
What's changing?
We have added a Time-Out clause to the Bounties section of the agreement:
2.13 Bounty Time-Out.
If no Solution is accepted within two years after a Bounty is posted, then the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource. For Bounties posted before June 30, 2018, the Backer may redeploy their Bounty to a new Issue by contacting [email protected] before July 1, 2020. If the Backer does not redeploy their Bounty by the deadline, the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource.
You can read the full Terms of Service here
What do I need to do?
If you agree to the new terms, you don't have to do anything.
If you have a bounty posted prior to June 30, 2018 that is not currently being solved, email us at [email protected] to redeploy your bounty. Or, if you do not agree with the new terms, please discontinue using Bountysource.
Thanks for reading
Bountysource Team