The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects

Roger_Explosion writes "In Australia the unemployed have to fulfill a 'mutual obligation' requirement in order to receive welfare payments. What this means is that recipients of welfare payments have to be involved in some sort of activity that improves their chances of finding employment. Until now this has included various types of community service and training and education programs. Recently an organisation called CommunityCode has been established to allow recipients to fulfill this requirement by contributing to OSS projects."

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Unemployed + OSS project = Startup

[HighOrbit]

Or instead of collecting public money and otherwise coding for free, they could take their code and start a business to support it (and themselves).

I can see the write up in Wired magazine now... "Yeah.. I was on the dole and trying to decide between chicken or beef ramen noodles, but then the IPO came and now I'm trying to decide on which color my yacht will be."

Re:Bloody OSS Bludgers

[swv3752]

I am an American. You don't like that, then you can use "U.S. Citizen" or some variant.

You are on an American board primarily frequented by Americans. You use that other term or even dignify the use, you get a big ol FU.