[forgottenpass]

This article has an interpretation of meritocracy that doesn't fit mine. I always took it to mean that in open source you're judged on the quality of contributions and software projects speak for themselves. All the connective tissue to that making a person "deserving" of anything other than earned respect for their accomplishments, or the idea that people who don't contribute are without merit are completely foreign to me. This article was the first place I heard of people getting that impression.