The unique part about open source is that it creates its own economies, only without any money changing hands. This works well when people are supported by other companies with extra time on their hands and motivated by the projects they’re working to complete.



But what if an alternative currency were designed specifically for the open source community to help support the work of the underemployed people working outside of their core area of competency? What if this currency were designed to capture the spirit of open source and take it to a whole new level? This is what the DaVinci Institute is working on – an open currency designed to expand the internal economies of the open source movement. Some local communities have had great success with this approach.



The DaVinci Institute is looking for your input. Is this a viable concept, and should they hold a special session on this topic with Tim O’Reilly at the Future of Money Summit in October?

Just as Bill Gates at Microsoft is the antithesis of the open source movement, so to is Alan Greenspan at the Federal Reserve Banking System the antithesis of the complementary currencies movement.