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As I mentioned in another comment, you don't want developers focusing on lines of code. The directions have to be much clearer, such as the goals of finding unused code or improving performance.

If resources are handed out based on how bloated a project is, you would quickly discover how creative developers can be in increasing the relative "importance" of their code.

Systems are composed of lots of things, and sometimes a tiny piece is the most complex and critical. A measure of lines of code should not prevent you from adding 3 more people to a tiny project, and removing a person from a team with a giant code base.