Here is a quick idea for you - Free Soft...
Here is a quick idea for you - Free Software tax.
Imagine a
voluntary 1% tax that is collected by a non-profit US foundation from
the people that signed up for the program. Imagine that amount exempt
from the usual taxation. Imagine that money channelled to Eastern Europe
or Russia or India or China or anywhere else where the cost of living is
low and a lot of smart people live. Imagine then that students are hired
for 4-10$/hour to work on free software tasks that are voted on by the
"taxpayers".
So, anyone up to implement that? If you do, please
contact me for coordination :)
Update: A USA foundation to
get the money from USA, similar organisations in other countries would
be needed to gather donations from that countries (in order for that
money to be tax deducible). Of course students or other people from USA
or Germany or UK or whatever would also be able to participate in
getting the money, but the catch is - while 4$/hour in USA is half of
the McDonalds pay, it is 4 times more then McDonalds pay their workers
in Latvia. Quality control by feedback: after completion of a task - a
mentor of the task leaves feedback in the profile of the worker.