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	How the ASF works - The Apache Software Foundation
		When the group felt that the person had "earned" the merit to be part of the development community, they granted direct access to the code repository, thus increasing the group and increasing the ability of the group to develop the program, and to maintain and develop it more effectively.
		What is interesting to note is that the process scaled very well without creating friction, because unlike in other situations where power is a scarce and conservative resource, in the apache group newcomers were seen as volunteers that wanted to help, rather than people that wanted to steal a position.
		Being no conservative resource at stake (money, energy, time), the group was happy to have new people coming in and help, they were only filtering the people that they believed committed enough for the task and matched the human attitudes required to work well with others, especially in disagreement.
	www.apache.org /foundation/how-it-works.html (3490 words)

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		Meritocracy is a system of government based on rule by ability rather than by wealth or social position.
		Ironically, the term was first used in a pejorative sense in Michael Young's 1958 book, the Rise of the Meritocracy which was written from a standpoint of an future in which one's social place was determined by IQ plus effort.
		Proponents of meritocracy argue that a meritocratic system is more just and more productive than other systems, and allows for the end to distinctions based on social class or race.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/m/me/meritocracy.html (279 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Meritocracy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, the word "meritocracy" is now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition, on the assumption that the winners do indeed deserve (merit) their resulting advantage.
		Meritocracy was the primary basis for selection of chiefs and generals in the Mongol Empire.
		Among modern nation-states, the Republic of Singapore perhaps aspires to be a pure Meritocracy, with its emphasis on identifying and grooming bright young citizens for positions of leadership.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Meritocracy (1362 words)

	Meritocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ironically, the term was first used in a pejorative sense in Michael Young's 1958 book Rise of the Meritocracy, which was written from the standpoint of a future in which one's social place is determined by IQ plus effort.
		Proponents of meritocracy argue that a meritocratic system is more just and more productive than other systems, and allows for an end to distinctions based on social class or race.
		Meritocracy is also an ingrained political concept in Singapore, and is located at the core of its founding myth.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Meritocracy (577 words)

	Meritocracy Encyclopedia Article @ HandOverFist.com (Hand Over Fist) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meritocracy is a system of government based on rule by ability (merit) rather than by wealth or other determinants of social position.
		However, the word "meritocracy" is now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition, on the assumption that the winners earn (merit) their resulting advantage.
		The term 'meritocracy' was first used, in a pejorative sense, in Michael Young's 1958 book Rise of the Meritocracy, which is set in a dystopian future in which one's social place is determined by IQ plus effort.
	handoverfist.com /encyclopedia/Meritocracy (1857 words)

	World Wide Words: Meritocracy
		The current furore began with the recent British General Election, in which Tony Blair, the Labour Prime Minister, made much of his commitment to what he regularly described as meritocracy.
		But this, as recent counterblasts have made clear, is not what the word was coined to mean.
		He pointed out in an article in the Guardian last month that he had intended a prophetic satire on what might happen if we placed gaining formal educational qualifications over all other considerations.
	www.worldwidewords.org /topicalwords/tw-mer1.htm (438 words)

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