alexanderzatko · December 20, 2018 16:27
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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 
 must pay something; or pay at least X units...
 C. If somebody pays to gain access the module, the "money" is paid to the SYSTEM, which promptly 
 destroys it. However, the programmer and others who participated on the project, receive a 
 non-material, reputation-like reward called Merits in the amount that equals the purchase price. 
 The share each receives is negotiated ahead by the project "workers". The SYSTEM recognizes 
 currently two kinds of share allocations - by time worked, or by percentage.
 D. Folks who do not have community currency can purchase it for national currency and the community 
 currency holders can sell it for "fiat". Destroying currency during the purchase event ensures, 
 that no one can gain economic profit, but instead the currency as a whole gains value, thus 
 every participant of the community currency becomes incrementally economically more wealthy.

 Why should this work?
 The system was alpha-tested last winter with about 1 000 participants, who during 6 month period 
 collectively spent 20 000 community currency units (1 hour of work earned 120 units) to gain 
 access to community-created content. About 130 people spent total of 600 euro to gain access to 
 that content, because they prefered to participate by purchasing community currency instead of 
 earning it.

 The SYSTEM is called NEO and more can be learned about it at https://merit.world/
	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
	must pay something; or pay at least X units...
	C. If somebody pays to gain access the module, the "money" is paid to the SYSTEM, which promptly
	destroys it. However, the programmer and others who participated on the project, receive a
	non-material, reputation-like reward called Merits in the amount that equals the purchase price.
	The share each receives is negotiated ahead by the project "workers". The SYSTEM recognizes
	currently two kinds of share allocations - by time worked, or by percentage.
	D. Folks who do not have community currency can purchase it for national currency and the community
	currency holders can sell it for "fiat". Destroying currency during the purchase event ensures,
	that no one can gain economic profit, but instead the currency as a whole gains value, thus
	every participant of the community currency becomes incrementally economically more wealthy.

	Why should this work?
	The system was alpha-tested last winter with about 1 000 participants, who during 6 month period
	collectively spent 20 000 community currency units (1 hour of work earned 120 units) to gain
	access to community-created content. About 130 people spent total of 600 euro to gain access to
	that content, because they prefered to participate by purchasing community currency instead of
	earning it.

	The SYSTEM is called NEO and more can be learned about it at https://merit.world/