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= What is a bounty?  =
 
= What is a bounty?  =
  
A bounty is a way to attract programmers to develop software to address a particular challenge by offering a sum of money for the first programmer who successfully writes code that addresses this challenge. If you are a Rhea user and would like to have a certain feature enabled, please list it [[Desired Rhea feature for bounty consideration|here]]. The Rhea team will select the most desirable features and pool money together to offer bounties for Purdue students to develop this feature. The Motorola Foundations has provided money for software bounties this year, and we are grateful for their support.  
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A bounty is a way to attract programmers to develop software to address a particular challenge by offering a sum of money for the first programmer who successfully writes code that addresses this challenge. If you are a Rhea user and would like to have a certain feature enabled, please list it [[Desired Rhea feature for bounty consideration|here]]. The Rhea team will select the most desirable features and pool money together to offer bounties for Purdue students to develop this feature.  
  
 
To be notified of all new bounties, become a fan of [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/West-Lafayette-IN/Rhea/88771959948 Rhea on facebook].  
 
To be notified of all new bounties, become a fan of [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/West-Lafayette-IN/Rhea/88771959948 Rhea on facebook].  
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*Bonus for Creating Video/Screencast and Rhea page as documenation/howto of your Bounty.  
 
*Bonus for Creating Video/Screencast and Rhea page as documenation/howto of your Bounty.  
*Open Roar Proposition - will be due by Dec 1.
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*Open Roar Proposition
 
*Survey System - Possibly a media wiki extension  
 
*Survey System - Possibly a media wiki extension  
 
*Group Calendar
 
*Group Calendar
  
= Claimed or Closed Bounties  =
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== Claimed or Closed Bounties  ==
 
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This section contains a list of bounties that have already been claimed, along with the names of the students who received the money.  
 
This section contains a list of bounties that have already been claimed, along with the names of the students who received the money.  
  
 
*4-1-2010 [[LoginBounty|Login Bounty]] This bounty is now closed. Unfortunately, no Purdue student was able to solve the problem.
 
*4-1-2010 [[LoginBounty|Login Bounty]] This bounty is now closed. Unfortunately, no Purdue student was able to solve the problem.
 
*12-7-2010 [[Connection Time-out/DNS Lookup Failure Bounty|Connection Time-out/DNS Lookup Failure Bounty]] Solved by [[User: mwolfer|Mike]]!
 
*12-7-2010 [[Connection Time-out/DNS Lookup Failure Bounty|Connection Time-out/DNS Lookup Failure Bounty]] Solved by [[User: mwolfer|Mike]]!
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== Funding==
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The Motorola Foundations has provided money for software bounties for the year 2010, and we are grateful for their support. Future bounties will depend on the [[Donations|donations]] we receive.
  
 
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Revision as of 04:21, 8 December 2010

What is a bounty?

A bounty is a way to attract programmers to develop software to address a particular challenge by offering a sum of money for the first programmer who successfully writes code that addresses this challenge. If you are a Rhea user and would like to have a certain feature enabled, please list it here. The Rhea team will select the most desirable features and pool money together to offer bounties for Purdue students to develop this feature.

To be notified of all new bounties, become a fan of Rhea on facebook.

Unclaimed Bounties

Bounties Coming-Soon

  • Bonus for Creating Video/Screencast and Rhea page as documenation/howto of your Bounty.
  • Open Roar Proposition
  • Survey System - Possibly a media wiki extension
  • Group Calendar

Claimed or Closed Bounties

This section contains a list of bounties that have already been claimed, along with the names of the students who received the money.

Funding

The Motorola Foundations has provided money for software bounties for the year 2010, and we are grateful for their support. Future bounties will depend on the donations we receive.


Back to the development team page

Alumni Liaison

has a message for current ECE438 students.

Sean Hu, ECE PhD 2009