Hmm.. how does this raise the coins to pay the dividends? It sounds more like it is for giving out bounties? The first post just ore or less seems a writeup on devcoin itself, not the fund.
Yes, I would like a more detailed explanation of how profits are made. I see the dividend history, but I am not understanding the fundamentals. If everything developed is open source, then what gets sold? Thanks.
DVB does open source development, from what all developers profit by taking action. Usualy when someone does benefit from open source he is generous in return to.
DVB uses the merged miningpower of GMP
Designer and Developer:
Please get familiar with FreeCAD and Salome:
http://salome-platform.org/SALOME is an open-source software that provides a generic platform for Pre- and Post-Processing for numerical simulation. It is based on an open and flexible architecture made of reusable components.
SALOME is a cross-platform solution. It is distributed as open-source software under the terms of the GNU LGPL license. You can download both the source code and the executables from this site.
http://www.freecadweb.org/FreeCAD features tools similar to Catia, SolidWorks or Solid Edge, and therefore also falls into the category of MCAD, PLM, CAx and CAE. It will be a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.
This is the DVB standard.