<s>
Bountysource	B-Application
is	O
a	O
crowdsourcing	O
website	O
for	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
bounties	I-Application
and	O
since	O
2012	O
also	O
for	O
crowdfunding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
backers	O
"	O
)	O
can	O
pledge	O
money	O
for	O
tasks	O
using	O
micropayment	O
services	O
that	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
developers	O
can	O
pick	O
up	O
and	O
solve	O
to	O
earn	O
the	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
integrates	O
with	O
GitHub	B-Application
using	O
its	O
bug	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
to	O
check	O
if	O
the	O
problem	O
is	O
resolved	O
and	O
connect	O
the	O
resolution	O
with	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
pull	O
request	O
system	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
users	O
agree	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
satisfied	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
maintainer	O
merged	O
the	O
proposed	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
source-code	O
,	O
Bountysource	B-Application
will	O
transfer	O
the	O
money	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
trustee	O
during	O
the	O
whole	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bountysource	B-Application
was	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
and	O
by	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
had	O
integrated	O
a	O
new	O
custom-built	O
SVN	O
browser	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
11	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Bountysource	B-Application
released	O
their	O
SVN	O
browser	O
,	O
titled	O
bsSvnBrowser	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
open-source	B-License
more	O
portions	O
of	O
Bountysource	B-Application
as	O
time	O
went	O
on	O
and	O
the	O
code	O
matured	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
true	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
proprietary	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
it	O
switched	O
to	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Bountysource	B-Application
was	O
stopped	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
relaunched	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
using	O
the	O
GitHub-API	O
in	O
2012	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
being	O
a	O
trustee	O
for	O
software	O
development	O
bounties	O
that	O
are	O
collected	O
through	O
PayPal	O
,	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
other	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
