reverse engineering bounties

Hi everybody!

I've been kicking the idea around in my head for some time and
discussed it with a few people.  I think this is the right forum to
decide whether it is feasible and/or a good idea.

The number of codecs that have not been reverse engineered yet is
going down faster than new codecs are developed.  Overall, we are
making good progress in this area, but of course there is always room
for improvement; development is never fast enough ;-)

So why not put up some bounties on the heads - so to speak - of
certain codecs?  I know I would be willing to contribute to some and
I'm sure others will donate as well.

But will this really spur reverse engineering work?  Will you guys be
motivated by the prospect of getting an XXX dollar/euro prize for
discovering, say, WMV9/QDM2/RV30/Cook or for completing support for
WMV8/SVQ3?

So what do you think?

Regards

Diego


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