ISP offers students cash for open source code

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 18, 2007 1:15 AM
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As an incentive to get students to push the code boundaries of open source software, a British software network is offering cash for fresh code, reports Welsh IT News Online. The UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), a small Hertfordshire-based Internet service provider, conceived the idea to encourage students to develop software that can be modified by its end users.

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