Research Projects Fudning

[pdp]

As I've mentioned, we would like to bring the House of Hackers project to the stage where we will be able to fund you. Power to the people! It will be a long process but it could turn very beneficial for all. I would like to pick your brains on ideas how this can be achieved. I just want to let you know that the wheels are spinning already but having some feedback from the community will be greatly appreciated.

pdp

[Filipi Maia]

the site this very good, to earn money to keep it could create a project, where each member who has interest and knowledge can help develop as occurred in the case of linux.

[dREW]

I created the group http://houseofhackers.ning.com/group/theinvestmentbanker for just this purpose! Join up maybe you'll get lucky and get that project of yours funded. I know I have some that need an $$$$ injection.

[BotWall]

Thanks i will try help website always good

[rvdh]

Sponsers.

Like OWASP does, which has a 100.000$ to spend on trivial security projects, IMHO that money can be spent better, by giving like you say power to the people and all work on a project for a cut of the pie, the more you work, the more you earn.

[pdp]

yep

[pdp]

essentially, if you can support yourself like that, it will be great.

[rvdh]

Petko, I guess it boils down to "connections". We need to be connected with people who know sponsors, or are willing to sponsor our projects. I think they will get worth for their sponsoring, since there is a lot of talent lurking around here. Also, I guess someone must step up to be our diplomat! :) someone who can talk to people on different fronts.

What do you think?

[pdp]

you are right, we need a representative.

[Humility]

Project section.

[exc]

paraphernalia

[exc]

I think we can learn from history. and I think mudge had something right when he was putting out all of the early windows owning programs.
although, it was money that ultimately destroyed the l0pht, too.
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if some individuals were willing to seriously collaborate and donate time towards marketable software, than you could basically have hoh fund itself. As long as people were willing to let the earnings be pooled back into the hoh.
It would take initial sacrifice of individuals but if it grew from there it could become something beautiful.

honestly I think it depends on where you want to take gnuc and hoh. its hard to predict where you want to take what you've started. because everything here seems in flux atm. I am curious to see where it ends up. :D

ultimately it will depend on who is willing to sacrifice

[pdp]

I agree, and there are far too many examples of great projects who turned into more commercially oriented licenses. Everybody who sacrifices something wants to get something back, at some point. However, as long as there are people like me, aesthetic junkies who care of producing something with value first no matter whether it will return at some point, the society will be fine and will progress. At the moment I am exploring the hidden forces of symbiotic systems. :)