Open Source Community Given Certificates?

Many of us work on open-source projects and are not so much appreciated for it at corporate workplace. Some just say I work on this Apache project or that cool one. If the HR or tech guy likes Open Source(or knows about it! ), then you'd probably get into a good place with an attractive pay slip. If not, you're quite screwed if Open Sourced Projects are all what you've done - http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/8886/can-someone-find-a-job-as-a-programmer-without-an-education .

What people don't realize is contributing to Open Source projects is way more difficult than working in a closed environment. Your work is "out there" for code review and criticism. So it's gotto be good. Most open source contributors have remarkable coding standard.

"Most developers i know care about producing good code, especially then they are contributing to an open source project!"(http://edorian.posterous.com/please-ship-your-own-coding-standard-as-part).

I believe that some of us are already wondering if we can get certified "free" for the work we do in open source. Can a open source community, award certificates to a person? Is it possible for them to decide on factors like:

What is being committed by a person - Code, Test Cases, Translations, Documentation, Specifications? How often it was done? How many projects?

Some ideas are just bad. I wonder if this is. But it'd be stupid not to run it by Hacker News!