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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN'> <html> <head> <title>Software Challenges - SourceSupport.org</title> <META name="description" content="Open Source Software Challenges"><META name="keywords" content="project donations, software donations, open source donations,software escrow,open source software,open source projects,software challenges"><META name="allow-search" content="yes"><META name="audience" content="all"><META name="robots" content="all, index, follow"><META name="revisit-after" content="3 days"><META name="Rating" content="General"><META name="Language" content="en"><META name="distribution" content="Global"><META name="Classification" content="Open Source"><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><link rel='stylesheet' href='/forum/templates/SourceSupport/SourceSupport.css'> </head> <body bgcolor='white'> <table width='100%' height='100%' align='left' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'> <tr valign='top' height='30'><td colspan='3'> <table width='100%' height='30' class='sidebar'> <tr> <td width='251'> <a href='/' ><img src='/images/sslogo.gif' border='0' alt='SourceSupport.org - Software Challenges'></a> </td> <td align='left'> <a class='sidebar' href='/'>Home</a> | <a class='sidebar' href='/?sec=create'>Create a Challenge</a> | <a class='sidebar' href='/?sec=faq'>Read the FAQ</a> | <a class='sidebar' href='/forum/'>Forum</a> </td> <td align='right' class='smallprint' style='color: white;'> <form action='/?sec=search' method='post' name='submit' id='submit' style='margin: 0px;'> <input type='text' name='search' value='' size='20' maxlength='40' style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;'> <input type='submit' name='post' value='Search' style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;'> </form> <form style='margin: 0px;'> <select name="lang" class='smallprint' style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;' onchange="window.location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value" > <option value="http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq"; selected>English <option value="http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq&langpair=en|de">Deutsch <option value="http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq&langpair=en|fr">Français <option value="http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq&langpair=en|es">Español <option value="http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq&langpair=en|it">Italiano <option value="http://translate.google.com/translate_c?u=http://sourcesupport.org/?sec=faq&langpair=en|pt">Portuguese </select> <input type="button" value="Go" onclick="window.location=form.lang.options[form.lang.selectedIndex].value" style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;'> </form> <form action='/?sec=faq' method='post' name='submit' id='submit' style='margin: 0px;'> <select name="currency" class='smallprint' style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;'> <option value="USD" selected>U.S. ($) <option value="CAD" >Canadian (C$) <option value="EUR" >Euros () <option value="GBP" >Pounds (£) <option value="JPY" >Yen (¥) </select> <input type='submit' value='Go' style='background: #CCCCFF; color: #333366;'> </form> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr valign='top'> <td width='140' align='center'> <table width='140' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='left' height='100%' bgcolor='#CCCCFF'><tr valign='top'><td> <br><div align='center' class='print'><strong>Categories</strong></div> <a href='/?channel=2'><img src='/images/icons/2.gif' border='0'>Mozilla</a> <br> <a href='/?channel=1'><img src='/images/icons/1.gif' border='0'>Other</a> <br> <a href='/?channel=3'><img src='/images/icons/3.gif' border='0'>Zeta / BeOS</a> <br> <br> <div align='center' class='print'> <br><strong>SourceSupport.org Link Button</strong> <br> <a href='http://sourcesupport.org/'><img src='/images/partners/sourcesupport.gif' border='0'></a> <br> <br> <br><a href='http://www.sourcesupport.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13'><strong>Do You Have Any Site Suggestions?</strong></a> <br> </div> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width='100%'> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td> 1. <a href='?sec=faq#1'>What is SourceSupport.org?</a><br> 2. <a href='?sec=faq#2'>How does it work?</a><br> 3. <a href='?sec=faq#3'>How are the donations used?</a><br> 4. <a href='?sec=faq#4'>I have completed a solution to a challenge. How do I get paid?</a><br> 5. <a href='?sec=faq#5'>If the submitter of a solution is not the actual person or team that solved the challenge, who gets the donations?</a><br> 6. <a href='?sec=faq#6'>Why do solution submitters have to donate to the project before they can submit?</a><br> 7. <a href='?sec=faq#7'>What happens when a challenge is about to expire?</a><br> <br> If you have a question that is not answered here please send your question to <a href='mailto:faq [ at ] sourcesupport [ dot ] org'>faq [ at ] sourcesupport [ dot ] org</a> <br><br> <a name="1"><strong>1. What is SourceSupport.org?</strong></a><br> SourceSupport.org provides a system to pay programmers, artists, content creators and just about anyone that can provide a solution to challenges submitted by users. For example, let's say that there is a large group of people out there that want 'Program X' ported over to 'Operating System Y'. First, someone submits the challenge on SourceSupport.org. Others who see the challenge and are willing to donate for the cause can submit any amount they want with the hope that the added funds will persuade someone to come along and take on the challenge. Hopefully the challenge will be met and it becomes a win-win situation for both the donors and the person/team that completed the challenge. The donors get 'Program X' running on 'Operating System Y' and those who completed the challenge get paid. Finally a good way for a Open Source programmer make some cash for their efforts. <br><br> <a name="2"><strong>2. How does it work?</strong></a><br> SourceSupport.org allows people to submit a challenge to a problem by creating requirements for a solution. While active, the challenge project will continue to accumulate donations until either the challenge is resolved or the challenge expires. Challenges are meet by a successful submission of a solution. Once submitted the potential solution will be voted upon by previous donors to the challenge for a period of 48-hours. After 48-hours, the votes are counted and if passed, the challenge is closed and the person/group that solved the challenge are contacted and the challenge donations will be sent. <br> <br> <a name="3"><strong>3. How are the donations used?</strong></a><br> Donations are processed by PayPal. PayPal takes a small fee for each donation(currently $0.30 + 2.9%) which is deducted from the donation. Donations will go to the person/group that successfully solves a challenge and passes a vote made by donors of the challenge. If the challenge expires, the money is either credited back to the original donor or sent to the recipient chosen by the donor upon submission. For example, if the donor selected "Free Software Foundation" as a recipient if the challenge expires, then that donation will go to that recipient. The expiration date of a challenge is set by the original challenge submitter. When the expiration time approaches, the donors will be contacted to vote on the extension of the challenge. If that vote passes, an extra 6 months will be added to the expiration date of the challenge. This process of extending the challenge will continue as long as a successful voting cycle is made. <br> <br> <a name="4"><strong>4. I have completed a solution to a challenge. How do I get paid?</strong></a><br> You need to go to the page of the project you feel you have a solution to and select the 'Submit Solution' link and fill out the solution submission form. You will have to submit a "Proof of Solution" to the challenge. Also, it is required of the solution submitters to give a US$10 ($10.00) donation to help eliminate the number of false submissions to challenges. Since every solution submission goes through a donor notification and voting process, we only want real solutions submitted. <br> Please make sure that you feel you have truly solved the challenge before making your submission. No solution exists for a challenge until it successfully passes the donor voting process. If your submission fails to pass the voting process, then the challenge remains active until a successful submission passes the vote. <br><br> <a name="5"><strong>5. If the submitter of a solution is not the actual person or team that solved the challenge, who gets the donations?</strong></a><br> Solution submitters do not have to be the actual person or team that solved the challenge, but they will not be eligible to receive the donation funds. Only the actual person/group that solved the challenge are eligible to receive the donation funds. After a solution passes the voting process(see #4) an investigation as to who the receiver of the funds will begin. When the rightful person/group is determined and contacted, the donation funds will be sent. In the case of any dispute, SourceSupport.org retains the right to mark a challenge as expired. If this happens, then the challenge will be closed and the recipient selected by the individual donors will receive the funds. <br><br> <a name="6"><strong>6. Why do solution submitters have to donate to the project before they can submit?</strong></a><br> The donation requirement of solution submitters is in place to help eliminate the number of false solution claims. All donors of a challenge are contacted and given the opportunity to vote on solution submissions, therefore we do not want to burden these donors will a bunch of false claims. <br><br> <a name="7"><strong>7. What happens when a challenge is about to expire?</strong></a><br> 48-hours before a challenge is scheduled to expire, the donors of that challenge will be given the opportunity to vote to delay the expiration by 6 months. If that vote fails, the challenge will be closed and the funds will be distributed to the recipients selected by each donor. <br><br> <div class="smallprint" align="center">FAQ last updated on Dec 13, 2003</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class='sidebar' width='120' valign='top' align='center'> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3166001476948512"; google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.sourcesupport.org/skyscraper.php";; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; google_color_border = "3333CC"; google_color_bg = "CCCCFF"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "0000CC"; google_color_text = "3333CC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js";></script></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan='3'> <table width='100%' class='sidebar' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'> <tr> <td> <div align='center'> ©2003 SourceSupport.org | <a class='sidebar' href='mailto:contact [ at ] sourcesupport [ dot ] org'>Contact</a> <br> <div style='font-size: 10px; color: white;'> <a style='color: white;' style='sidebar' href='http://www.google.com/language_tools'>Google language tool</a> used for site translation </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>
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