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Quality of code, documentation and other aspects of FOSS projects can be improved by allowing | |
project owners to enable access to their code/documentation/tutorial material, etc. to only | |
such others, who also contribute to FOSS, or optionally other types of vlunteer projects. | |
How would it work: | |
A. For example, a Drupal programmer makes a module and records time it took him/her to do so. | |
The SYSTEM (more about this later) rewards every minute of the programmer's work with a set | |
number of units of "community currency" (for example 500 hours earns 500 units). | |
Others earn the same currency for their time by creating doccumentation, providing patches, etc... | |
B. The programmer publishes the code to drupal.org and indicates that the module is available | |
only to holders of community currency. There could be options like - pay what you want, but you |