July 26, 2006

Bribery to get identity integration into more open source software?

Now this is interesting. The people over at OpenID are offering a bounty of $5,000 to the first 10 open source applications that meet the following criteria:

The open source must be distributed under an OSI approved license

  • Have at least 200,000 users of currently installed public instances or 5,000 downloads a month

    So basically if you integrate OpenID Authentication 2.0 into you OSS project and have the traction, you have a chance of cashing in on it. With sponsors like Verisign and SXIP at the table, you know they are good for it. This is the perfect opportunity for apps like phpBB, mailman or wordpress to get a cash influx into their team. That could buy a lot of beer, or the very least a nice laptop :)

    Working on OSS these days? Nothing like an easy $5,000 to put into your coffers. Make sure you read the Bounty FAQ, and then get coding!

    Posted by SilverStr at July 26, 2006 03:17 PM | TrackBack
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