Comment spam - OSS (Score 1) 269
If people who do not have enough knowledge/time to code could sue the spammers, and with the money fund OSS projects (like Blender, which still needs 100,000 US$), then we can all contribute to these projects!
Just a small estimate: say that 80% of Open Source users would not be able to contribute to the code, and only 1% of these people would actually start to sue spammers. Say there are around 4 million OSS users around, and an average user could sue a spammer in around 2 weeks. That would deliver a staggering 64000 cases each month. To continue: say for each sued spammer, we would win 50 US$ (which is low), then we could contribute a total of $3,200,000/month. $38,400,000 each year!
Just a small estimate: say that 80% of Open Source users would not be able to contribute to the code, and only 1% of these people would actually start to sue spammers. Say there are around 4 million OSS users around, and an average user could sue a spammer in around 2 weeks. That would deliver a staggering 64000 cases each month. To continue: say for each sued spammer, we would win 50 US$ (which is low), then we could contribute a total of $3,200,000/month. $38,400,000 each year!
