A New Concept of Web Development Team

Hello,

I am planning to create an innovative project around open-source and
software development next year. Basically I'd like to build a team of
3-4 passionate seasoned developers (PHP/MySQL/Javascript, Artist,
XHTML/CSS). We would develop paid projects as they come, get the money
of which 25% would go to finance the development of opensource
software (software development, advertising).

All kind of development would be charged $49/hour from customers, no
matter what field of activities, as all work is valuable. No cheap
customer, always high quality. This is a "professional hobby", in
other words it's extra money, done professionally, the few
contributors can work wherever they want (in the office during lunch
time, at home on the week-end, etc...). As long as the job is done and
professionally, this is fine. There is no obligation, and they can
accept/refuse the projects they want. I plan to follow these
guidelines and have 5 stars for each project: http://guidelines.dreamhosters.com
, I want the team to be the reference in terms of quality.

The open-source software that'll be developed will be chosen in a
forum using polls, where people will make suggestions and try to
convince the community, I expect no more than one project per year.
Last, but not least, contributors (customers) will have their name and
logo in a special page, and earnings will be publicly released. What
do you think about the idea? Do you have suggestions? Please let me
know!

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Charles.
landemaine at gmail