Re: reverse engineering bounties

Hi,

Diego Biurrun wrote:

>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
>
>  
>
I've been thinking of the same thing but tossed the idea. The people 
that has RE codecs have done it for other reasons then money (nobody 
payed them money AFAIK). But it could attract other people, I'm thinking 
of the software cracking crowd, a problem for them is that they mostly 
don't have the backgroundknowledge required for theise kind of tasks. I 
think that one should instead concentrate on producing good articles how 
to RE codecs and increase the community knowledge in the area. Thus 
making it easier for interested to get started. That or raise a really 
big bounty.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson



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