[BSDCert] Open Source degrees

[Dru]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, chris wrote:

>>> An advance from the publisher or royalties.
>
>> It could take a year or longer to write a good book.  Royalties or an
>> advance might pay 2-4 months of expenses, maximum.  Technical authors
>> do not write for the money. :)


I can definitely second that plus add that the content is owned by the 
publisher, not the writer.


> Ok, but the question remains, how do you pay people?


Unless we find the goose that lays the goldenegg, the framework has to 
include incentives which are both monetary and non-monetary. Some
non-monetary incentives include:

- the opportunity to contribute to a project

- the opportunity to showcase your work and your (or your company's) name
   to a broader audience

- swag from sponsors e.g. free books, free subscriptions to something,
   free apparel or geek toys

- access to resources e.g. a BSD version of
   http://www.egovos.org/search/?SearchString=reference+book

- exam discounts, so many free copies of the book

Speaking of goldeneggs, have you guys come across this before:

http://www.goldeggstack.org/about/faq/

Now that is a nice framework...

Dru