Martin Marinschek wrote:
Very cool idea! I think this is something we should explore. OSS is impacting society in so many ways. It's a very fundamental movement that deserves serious recognition. I like the idea at first glance but ideas like this you usually need to chew on for a while. I have no comment on legalities and other such ASF concerns at the moment but I bet there will be trails on that I can learn from.Hi there,
I have the following proposal for a project. I admit it does not have a very large technological aspect, rather a sociological one, and I don't even know if the ASF will be the right institution to host such a project, still I would be interested in your feedback if you like the idea or not.
This idea has its origin with the marketing idea of the Firefox people to launch a huge marketing campaign for the Firefox browser; I think the money used for that (even though it was used quite well) could be put to even better uses.
The idea of a project named "Lebon":
- the Nobel Prize is reknown as a prize for outstanding achievements in the sciences; it allows it's winners to continue their research without any financial restraints.
- the Open Source movement is something quite similar to scientific research in its positive impact on society, but there is nothing like the Nobel Prize for people working in this field
- I propose the establishment of such a Prize in the Open Source movement, from people using and developing Open Source - for people developing Open Source, on the base of a yearly vote...
- The prize should be funded by those who will then be able to vote for the candidates, and after several years or even decades the sum of the prize should be large enough to allow the laureates to continue their work for the open source movement without any financial restraints (my opinion is that every year only the interest of the sum accrued should be paid out, like with the Nobel Prize itself).
The project would consist of setting up a homepage, a membership corporation and a banking account - allowing people to subscribe themselves, to pay a one-time membership fee, to suggest candidates including some information about them and to vote for those candidates.
What do all of you think about a project like that? Anyone interested
in the project, would you think it would be good to have that project
hosted at the ASF or would the ASF not be good as possible laureates
can of course also stem from other open source organizations?
Thanks for taking the leap of faith to submit such a unique proposal.
Cheers, Alex
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