Perhaps it is my misunderstanding then.

My understanding was that we were here to support Open Source and it's programmers; their work our product. Open Source is for the whole world not for one person/entity who can see a use for a certain application.

How that can be handled in a practical way is the debate that seems lacking.

This is my first foray into a Global Currency, as crypto may be for humankind. That seems reason enough to take a breath and think things through. Do we want reward in this new age to be more of the same which we have seen in the Industrial Age? Do we want the free flow of information, which is a hallmark of the Info Age according to such far thinkers as Alvin Toffler, to be manipulated by the few? Or do we want to get it right so that others could take what is done here as a template for the future?

The shaping of this new age could come from projects like this one, if we can think outside the box of our conditioning, to derive a means by which information can be freely shared while providing a fair and equitable system of reward.

The monthly dumping makes it obvious that the vast majority are not here for reasons of political philosophy. It is not surprising then that there is a desire to get our ducks in a row... to put up our shingle... drive business to our door... drive up DVC so that more can be dumped at even greater prices.

My DVCs has never left my wallet, other than sending it to other DVC wallets. That is not meaning only recent bounty payments but going back to my first introduction to crypto.  My drive here is not to get rich quick but to be part of something that gets things right. If that is a mistaken belief on my part then you will have my heartfelt best wishes yet not my contribution as a programmer.

If we are to have that needed debate then one thing that should be a given is that the system should not be designed to pit programmer against programmer in a race to the bottom. If we can start at that point then let's open a thread on the new forum to think tank how things may be handled to achieve our mutual goals.

- Nova