Source code openness and Ubuntu bounty projects

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 02:39:20PM -0400, Jung-woo Sohn wrote:
> Can I ask a quick question about how Ubuntu bounty projects go on? I am 
> a grad student working on the effect of profit incentives on open source 
> projects with bounty.
> 
> My question is as follows. When you engage in any bounty projects, does 
> the source code need to be kept open all the time or can it be closed 
> until the project completion? I know that all projects will be 
> eventually open to public but I am wondering what happens to the source 
> code openness while the bounty project is ongoing.

In our experience, the open source model doesn't work well when a completed
or near-completed product lands in this way.  It's crucially important to
participate in the community during development, and this means that the
source code must be available.

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 - mdz