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huqedato 2 hours ago

Agree but... these would be hard and expensive to assess objectively, in particular point b.

darkmighty 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Does it need to be objective though? I think a vague list of criteria including "The project must benefit a community", or "The project must not be made solely for the benefit of their employer", and have someone review the proposal should be enough.

asah an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

??? seems straightforward... among other things, require the applicant to do the work / provide evidence...

londons_explore an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Some government team could just make a list of allowable projects, updating it every year, and starting for example with all projects with over 100 GitHub stars or some similar metric.

threeducks an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> all projects with over 100 GitHub stars or some similar metric.

I think it would be difficult to come up with a good metric. For example, it should not be based on some easily faked number governed by a foreign company.

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LtWorf 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> all projects with over 100 GitHub stars

Lol, they have been on sale online since forever, because investors apparently can be conned into thinking they have some value.