Nothing other than this idea has happened so far. I was brain storming about a potential method to bring a little more order to the open source world the idea is an Open Source Currency and the unit of Currency is the Yoper. Read below if you are interested. I have not yet setup a Forum at Yoperstuff but do plan on it as soon as I can if this idea stirs any interest in the Open Source Community. You heard it here first!
The Linux Currency for all open source projects- the Yoper The Yoper is a unit of currency that can be traded and used as a unit of value for trading, voting, and supporting, contributed open source works, applications, or actual real physical property. Members of the Open Source community such as developers, contributors, users, and any participant can open a Yoper account and begin participating in the exchange. To obtain a Yoper account a user must either sign up and pay $10.00 to establish the Yoper account or have a recognized Open Source project that has been submitted for review and approval by the Yoper Reserve. The member then gets Y10 added to the account and can immediately begin using their Yopers to make purchases, cast votes, donate to projects, or purchase real items such as memberships, merchandise, Skype calls, mp3 downloads, etc or any other type of transaction that people want to setup trade for. Each Yoper Account member will have a unique PGP key that is part of the transaction mechanism that will function as an account routing tool. When a contributing member signs up for an account and uses an open source contribution then the Yoper Reserve will evaluate the project and set an estimated contribution value (ECV). The ECV is the total amount of Yoper that the project is worth in Yoper and then a “per use” suggested donation amount (SDA). For example lets say that an account holder produces a project called MyMed. MyMed is a program to keep track of your medications and medical records. The project is submitted for review and the Yoper Reserve by way of votes, and evaluation rubrics estimates that the Project is worth a total of Y5,000.00 The Yoper Reserve will grant Y5,000 to the creators account and provide the project with a Yoper Donation Slot which is nothing more than a secure link to make a Yoper donation contribution similar to making a paypal payment with the suggested donation amount. Users can offer more per use or decide not to pay at all. The use will simply strengthen the Open Source movement and pressure should be exerted to influence users to participate in the exchange for the good of open source. The Yoper will be accessed via online transactions so open source participant members can provide a link in the signature lines on forums, or in e-mail signatures and people can donate to each other freely for aid and assistance. The possibilities are endless and efforts to involve all the contributing members of established Linux projects and Linux supporting companies should be involved prior to the first day launch of the Yoper Currency System. If you would like to Join the discussion of this concept please visit Yoperstuff.com and visit the Yoper Open Source Currency forum to share your views. Walter C. Hieber III _______________________________________________ yoper-dev mailing list [email protected] https://morpheus.pingos.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yoper-dev
