[Quantlib-dev] [offtopic] request for assistance developing fin. instrument with information as underlying asset

[J. P. B. <jpb...@gm...>]

Hello,
   Please forgive me for the offtopic message, but I'm hoping that
this will be of interest to people developing QuantLib.
   I'm developing software to create digital financial instruments
with information as the underlying asset (as opposed to physical
underlying assets, or promises to deliver physical assets, or other
underliers).  The software is at http://infoeng.sourceforge.net, and
the 0.2.2 version of the server (ICWS) has been released.  The first
information currency client is icsvn (currently at version 0.0.5),
with more to come.  icsvn can be used to create information currency
based on a  commit to a subversion repository, and eventually this
will be a way that developers of open-source software reap additional
benefits from their work, and better  coordinate their efforts in
collaborative development.  I've also released an Internet-draft
documenting information currency documents and operations at
http://infoeng.sourceforge.net/information-currency-rfc.txt .
   However, there is a lot of development that needs to be done before
there is a market where QuantLib developers can sell information
currency representing their work.  There's lots of software to be
developed, and then there are the commercial entities  (underwriters,
brokers, market-makers, etc.) that need to be created so that
information currency markets can be used to manage information.
   I'm writing this email to ask for help - if you are interested,
send me an email so that we can talk further, or download the software
and dive in!  People who can provide insight into the startup process
for an underwriter / broker firm would be particularly valuable.
   Thanks in advance for your help, and thanks for tolerating this
offtopic message!

   J. Patrick Bedell
   jpb...@gm...