> I personally don't see how open source authors would be incentivized to spend time integrating their Github docs with a commercial, ad-based system like SO D

> I personally don't see how open source authors would be incentivized to spend time integrating their Github docs with a commercial, ad-based system like SO Docs. Really, this is the entire issue. What is the point? There is already free hosting of code and docs with a high degree of public visibility. There is little to no benefit to using SO Docs and the reward goes to someone else.