From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-12-03T07:33:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Central, Inc. Codefest Grant Program

David A. Black wrote:

>          Ruby Central, Inc. is pleased to announce its first...
> 
> 
>                       Ruby Codefest Grant Program
> 
> 
> The goal of this program is to provide support for local and regional
> groups of Ruby programmers who wish to organize a "codefest" at which
> they produce a working version of a specific Ruby library.  By
> supporting these activities, we hope to contribute to both the
> quantity and quality of code for Ruby programmers everywhere.  


What would it take to get a similar effort to contribute to both the
quantity and quality of documentation for Ruby programmers everywhere?

I applaud this initiative, and I expect we'll see some top-quality code 
come from this, but I notice that, while many people will code for free, 
far, far fewer show much initiative for writing documentation, even for 
their own code.

Maybe throwing a few bucks around will pique more interest.  Perhaps pay 
  someone to translate the copious Japanese documentation, or offer 
bounties for documenting the standard library.

James Britt