[Raion]

> I don't think that writing a full functional specification (which is a necessary step in clean room engineering) for a Unix kernel is even practical for the amount of money described. It is much less than companies spent to reverse-engineer the IBM PC BIOS, for example, yet the system is several orders of magnitude more complex.

The people involved are aware that they can't make money doing this in terms of time and finances. The purpose is an amount that will give the hard-working people behind it some amount of money for their trouble which is the point. I myself am not receiving any part of the money. My only real job at the moment is representation and organization. I receive zero compensation from any of this.