A proposal for an open source tax credit

A proposal for an open source tax credit

Posted Mar 19, 2006 19:51 UTC (Sun) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
Parent article: A proposal for an open source tax credit

A proposal for an open source tax credit "" The value of an individual's donated time would not qualify similar to the way charitable contributions are treated. However, out-of-pocket costs, such as fees for web hosting, the depreciated cost of capital ex-penses such as computers, travel to development-related conferences, and otherexpenses would qualify for a 20 percent refundable tax credit. ""

Great, truly great, only hope that identical measures can be put to effectiveness trough out the world.

As to the donated time, i belive it is practically impossible to quantify it in a positive way. Nevertheless i belive it could be possible, considering some increased adoption in world wide legislation in the sense of puting down exchange barriers, to create a non-for-profit mutual fund open to donations, collecting a very small fee, in the quantity of irrelevance to almost everybody even in poor countrys, and so being able to attract "hundreds of thousand" of potencial developers around the world, with the possibility of getting an award substantially larger than their fee.

With several considerations could the award structure be organized, but i belive merit, innovation, and economic situation of the origin country, should have special consideration, to a diversified multinational panel of voting judges. So possibly "several thounsands" of awards could distributed around the globe.

It would not be a wage, and it would not be a lottery, but it could be a very valuable incentive.

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