[OSC] opensource coin -- research / notes

1. MONEY IS A QUESTION OF FAITH
Do you believe in the power of open source development/works?

currency = medium of exchange = token = coin
that carries a charge, a value, a unit of account

extractive money = taken from the Earth
Gold and silver and copper, salt, wheat, meat, hides, petrol etc

what can stores value? NUMBERS
intrinsic value (no)
interchange-able/fung/standardized
portable
divisable

free market exchange ... real trade
Rights of redemption ... promisary notes

velocity of coin = expansion of base M by rapid exchange
inflation of coin = expansion of base M by coin count

base M = the money stock

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT sftwr

https://trello.com/b/s0hEvXYH/current-goals

http://www.projectlibre.org/
open source replacement of Microsoft Project! InfoWorld just awarded ProjectLibre "Best of Open Source Software" and Opensource.com named ProjectLibre to the list of "Top 10 open source projects for 2013"

http://www.libreplan.com/
The open source web application for project planning, monitoring and control

https://openproject-demo.org/
Efficiently plan, steer, and communicate
within your projects. Be part of a worldwide
community of open source enthusiasts.

http://www.project-open.com/
]po[ is said to be used by over 6,000 companies worldwide. A full installation is based on over 100 open source packages including a Linux distro, Postgre SQL, TCL as it’s main language, Perl for system integration, and many more. It supports integration with 30+ packages such as OpenLDAP, OpenOffice, ProjectLibre, and others.

OS programers board .. ex ..
http://www.fiverr.com/
https://99designs.com/
https://code.google.com/
https://github.com/

ROADMAP

https://updown.bt/#updown
https://updown.bt/#updown

ROADMAP

Open Community
Open Modes of Communication and Collaberation
Open Code Development
Open Commercial Enterprise
Open Charity Enterprise are Cooler
Coordinated by the Community
Foundation Open Source Fund (Open & Voluntery)

http://pastebin.com/

https://github.com/about
Over six million people use GitHub to build amazing things together. the world's largest code host

http://opensource.com/

tldr;
free to collaborate, free to create

tldr;
pretty picture, nothing there

The open source way is...

Open exchange

We can learn more from each other when information is open. A free exchange of ideas is critical to creating an environment where people are allowed to learn and use existing information toward creating new ideas.

Participation

When we are free to collaborate, we create. We can solve problems that no one person may be able to solve on their own.

Rapid prototyping

Rapid prototypes can lead to rapid failures, but that leads to better solutions found faster. When you're free to experiment, you can look at problems in new ways and look for answers in new places. You can learn by doing.

Meritocracy

In a meritocracy, the best ideas win. In a meritocracy, everyone has access to the same information. Successful work determines which projects rise and gather effort from the community.

Community

Communities are formed around a common purpose. They bring together diverse ideas and share work. Together, a global community can create beyond the capabilities of any one individual. It multiplies effort and shares the work. Together, we can do more.

http://opensource.org/affiliates

http://opensource.org/affiliates/list

http://opensource.org/sponsors

Affiliate Name      Date Joined
Apereo Foundation   2013
Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres   2012
CENATIC   2012
Creative Commons   2012
Debian   2012
The Document Foundation   2012
Drupal Association   2012
Eclipse Foundation   2012
FreeBSD Foundation   2012
Friends of OpenDocument   2012
inBloom   2014
Joomla (Open Source Matters, Inc.)   2012
KDE eV   2012
Linux Foundation   2012
Linux Fund   2012
Linuxfest Northwest   2014
MariaDB Foundation   2013
Mozilla Foundation   2012
The New Zealand Open Source Society   2012
Open Source Software Institute   2012
Open Source Sweden   2012
Outercurve Foundation   2012
OW2   2012
Plone Foundation   2012
Python Software Foundation   2012
Sahana Software Foundation   2012
SOUJava   2012
Tiki Software Community Association   2012
Wikimedia Foundation   2012
Wikiotics   2012

tldr; ~~dud~~, devcoin is bit ~~boring~~, confusing ~~and incoherent~~ atm, and ranking in 50000 coins per block, the smell is faintly scammy
tldr; very good idea, some poor execution (DEVelopment) EDIT yes the aution site does look good

Devcoin - an ethical cryptocurrency

The purpose of the devcoin is to give money to open source developers for their work in as fair a manner as possible.

Devcoin takes a different approach. Only 10% of newly created Devcoins (DVC) are paid out to miners, through merged mining alongside Bitcoin (meaning that people can mine both Bitcoin and Devcoin on the same machine, at the same time). This is sufficient to secure the network, but leaves 90% of newly minted coins left over, which can then be given out for free to open source developers—and also creative commons media producers.

Payouts and bounties

Newly created coins are paid out in the form of bounties, designed to encourage the development of a wide range of open source projects from new software, to hardware products such as new forms of 3D printer. There are even tentative future plans to finance a bounty for the development of a single seater open source spacecraft capable of exiting and re-entering the earth's atmosphere! Developers can also earn DVC through the Devcoin and Bitcoin share lists, which reward active open source developers within the cryptocurrency community.

New web services are also under development which will allow anybody to create or to help fund bounties for new projects.

Writers can also earn Devcoins by contributing articles to the Devtome wiki. All work submitted to Devtome is published under a Creative Commons license. Quality is maintained through a ratings system, and writers' compensation is calculated according to their quality rating and the number of words published.

Earned Devcoins can then be spent at a small but growing range of online retailers, or changed for other currencies through an exchange.

Licenses for programming and hardware which qualify for devcoins are the AGPL, Apache, BSD, GPL, LGPL, MIT, public domain, and unlicense. Web code must be licensed under the AGPL, to close the web services loop hole, it could also be dual licensed.

http://devcoin.org/how-devcoin-works.html
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoin_bounty_now
http://coinzen.org/index.php
http://coinzen.org/index.php/board,49.0.html
http://www.devtome.com/
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=bitcoin_share_list
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoin_share_list
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=earn_devcoins_by_marketing
http://coinzen.org/index.php/topic,329.0.html
http://devcoinproject.com/

http://dvccountdown.blisteringdevelopers.com/
http://monetas.net/products/
https://github.com/FellowTraveler/Open-Transactions/wiki

http://devcoinauctions.com/
http://devcoinblockexplorer.info/ insight is an open-source Devcoin (Bitcoin) blockchain explorer
https://github.com/bitpay/insight
http://coinzen.org/index.php/board,87.0.html

A-C please message Dinkleberg
D-G please message FuzzyBear
H-L please message Ninthaxis
M-O please message Papacrusher
P-S please message Unclejed613
T-Z please message Wiser

aegis

The most challenging thing for many crypto currencies, is finding wider acceptance outside the existing crypto community and actually getting people to engage with the coin.

Devcoin addresses this challenge by providing support for the development of Open Source projects.
By supporting Devcoin projects and promotion directly through bounties and administration shares,
Devcoin enlists skills and talents to the Devcoin cause.

projects include the creation of the
Devcoin Auction
Animated Devcoin Video
Devtome Writers Award

http://creativecommons.org/

"A public commons, enabled by the open web, is the most powerful force to foster creativity, inspire innovation, and enhance human knowledge around the world. Those who believe in its potential need to join together in a global movement to ensure its success."

Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world.

Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical
infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and
innovation.

http://www.debian.org/

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.

Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 37500 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation

Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

http://www.documentfoundation.org/

independent self-governing meritocratic entity, created by former leading members of the OpenOffice.org Community, in the form of a charitable Foundation under German law (gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts)

http://www.libreoffice.org/

"LibreOffice" and "The Document Foundation" are registered trademarks

Advisory Board Members in order to receive advice as well as strategic donations on a yearly basis. The current members of the Advisory Board are:

AMD
CloudOn
Collabora
Free Software Foundation
Google
Intel
KACST (King Abdul-Aziz City for Science & Technology)
Lanedo
MiMo (French Government)
Red Hat
SPI
Studio Storti
SUSE

https://drupal.org/

Drupal is an open source content management platform

http://www.joomla.org/

content management system (CMS)

Joomla Project is governed by the Leadership Team and the Board of Directors of Open Source Matters, Inc., a not-for-profit created to provide organization, legal, and financial support to the Joomla project.

http://www.opensourcematters.org/

What is OSM

Open Source Matters (OSM) is a not-for-profit organisation, incorporated in the United States, created to serve the financial and legal interests of the Joomla project. OSM has been designed to be flexible and change as the needs of Joomla! expand. At all times, OSM is fashioned to suit the needs of the Joomla project. OSM will also engage in regular self-assessment to ensure it is accountable to Joomla!, acting in Joomla!'s interest and ensuring that it is the right shape and size to support Joomla!.

Structure

OSM has a small board of directors. The officers of the board of directors are also the corporate officers (President, Treasurer and Secretary). Committees of the board manages specific aspects of OSM operations.

The Role of OSM

OSM has the following roles:

Manage the the finances of the Joomla! Project
Manage legal issues related to the Joomla! Project
Sign contracts and enter into agreements with partner organisations on behalf of Joomla!
Own and manage the assets of Joomla, such as the domains, trademarks and copyright
Invesigate breaches of license, copyright and trademark

OSM Duties

OSM has the following formal duties.

Review by-laws
Annual meeting
Government financial returns
Provision of financial reporting
Keep accurate records including minutes of meetings
Make information about OSM activities and finances available under the rules of US law

http://opendocumentformat.org/

default file format for LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, Calligra Suite, NeoOffice, EuroOffice, Google Docs.
OpenDocument Format provides a comprehensive solution to exchange documents reliably and effortlessly across different products and devices

http://www.openoffice.org/ Apache OpenOffice

Product Description
major office suites
Apache OpenOffice?

   Writer a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
   Calc a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
   Impress the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
   Draw lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
   Base lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Apache OpenOffice.
   Math lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

FOUNDATION
http://www.friendsofopendocument.com/newsite/

http://www.freebsd.org/

FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops and embedded platforms.

people who have commit privileges and do the engineering work on the FreeBSD source tree. All core team members are also developers.

(in alphabetical order by last name):
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-committers.html

http://www.eclipse.org/org/

What is Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation?
The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and supported by a consortium of software vendors.

Eclipse is a community for individuals and organizations who wish to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software.

Its projects are focused on building an open development platform

The Eclipse Foundation is funded by annual dues from our members and governed by a Board of Directors. Strategic Developers and Strategic Consumers hold seats on this Board, as do representatives elected by Add-in Providers and Open Source committers. The Foundation employs a full-time professional staff to provide services to the community but does not employ the open source developers, called committers, which actually work on the Eclipse projects.

Eclipse Foundation provides four services to the Eclipse community: 1) IT Infrastructure, 2) IP Management,3) Development Process, and 4) Ecosystem Development. Full-time staff are associated with each of these areas

linuxfoundation.org

Companies such as Google, IBM, Intel, the New York Stock Exchange, Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC), HP, Samsung, Cisco and others have relied on The Linux Foundation to host their collaborative software projects

linuxfund.org

Linux Fund >> funds funds

FOSSFA
Advancing Open Source in Africa
Linux Fund is helping the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa

BSD Fund
provides financial and advisory support to BSD-related events

Gnash
Advancing Open Source Multimedia
Gnash is an open implementation of the Adobe® Flash® family of multimedia formats

OGD1 Platform
Advancing Open Hardware

LinuxFest Northwest.org is built on open source projects like:
Linux, Apache, MySQL, Drupal, COD and CiviCRM

https://mariadb.com/
www.mariadb.org
MariaDB
building massively scalable open source database products
MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL
2008 MySQL AB is sold to Sun Microsystems for $1bn

https://www.linode.com/about
Linode
is a leading cloud hosting provider with 150,000 customers worldwide, and has been offering companies of all sizes virtualized servers on demand since 2003.

https://www.opensuse.org/en/
openSUSE
project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions

https://fedoraproject.org/
Fedora
is a fast, stable, and powerful operating system for everyday use built by a worldwide community of friends. It's completely free

http://www.redhat.com/
Red Hat,
the world's leading provider of open source solutions and a component of the S&P 500, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe.

http://www.codeweavers.com/
CodeWeavers
mission is to transform Mac OS X and Linux into Windows®-compatible operating systems

https://civicrm.org/
identify grantors / tag & search grantors / record grants as pledges / allow grantor to make online payments / automatically notify grantor re: pledge payment due and outstanding balance of their pledge

http://usecod.com/
online software for conference and event sites, including registration and management

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web

Firefox OS
PRIVATE browser (35% want a Web that keeps their information safe and private)
Open Web

http://oss-institute.org/what-we-do/trade-association

OSSI is engaged in ongoing dialog with numerous government agencies including:

DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DoD - Department of Defense (Army, Navy, AIr Force, USMC, DISA and other agencies)
NSA - National Security Agency
NGA - National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
OSD - Office of the Secretary of Defense
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff

OSSI's monthly meetings are held across the baltimore-Washington Metro

The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) was founded by founder John Weathersby.
OSSI Headquarters and the hub of activities including:

Open Source Advocacy
Research and Development Facilitation
Strategic Integration of Open Source

https://www.python.org/psf/

The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers.

Python is Open
https://www.python.org/community/

https://www.djangoproject.com/

http://www.pylonsproject.org/
Pyramid not bilt by aliens takes a "pay only for what you eat" approach.
Simplicity Minimalism Documentation Openness