Personally, I value my own time well above my job's hourly rate, so I would expect to be paid more, not less, in the situation you describe. I suspect the same is true for many others as well.
> most of the people who submit the prior art as part of Project Jengo would do so even if there were no payout
I'd say this is due to selection bias. People who wanted a bigger payout didn't participate.
You all's program is basically over now, but I think anyone considering a prior art bounty program in the future should check best practices for bug bounty programs. The two seem similar to me. Paying more will get more and better submissions, and it doesn't seem to be particularly expensive to me.
Personally, I value my own time well above my job's hourly rate, so I would expect to be paid more, not less, in the situation you describe. I suspect the same is true for many others as well.
> most of the people who submit the prior art as part of Project Jengo would do so even if there were no payout
I'd say this is due to selection bias. People who wanted a bigger payout didn't participate.
You all's program is basically over now, but I think anyone considering a prior art bounty program in the future should check best practices for bug bounty programs. The two seem similar to me. Paying more will get more and better submissions, and it doesn't seem to be particularly expensive to me.