System and method for software development
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for developing software. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating the distributed development of software components includes providing a skill rating for software developers, communicating specifications for a software component to a subset of the developers, receiving submissions from the developers, scoring the submissions, and selecting one submission to be included in a software repository. In another embodiment, a method for compensating a software developer includes soliciting software developers for the submission of computer software components, receiving software components in response to the solicitation from the developers, evaluating the received software components, selecting one or more of the submissions for potential distribution to the public, and allotting the proceeds from the distribution to the developers.
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32 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A method for compensating software developers the method comprising:
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(a) soliciting a plurality of developers for submissions of computer software programs;
(b) receiving submissions from at least one of the plurality of developers;
(c) deriving a score for each of the submissions;
(d) selecting a subset of the submissions for inclusion in a repository for distribution to the public based on the scores assigned to the submissions; and
(e) allotting a portion of the proceeds from the distribution of the at least one software program to at least one of the plurality of developers in response to the selected submission. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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