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companies release software when they hope that the cost of the freeloaders is outweighed by the number of benefit additional contributors will provide Lols, is
by TheOneTrueKyle 10y ago
companies release software when they hope that the cost of the freeloaders is outweighed by the number of benefit additional contributors will provide
Lols, is this how you view open source?
- compiler-guy 10y agoI have seen enough companies weigh opening their source-code to know that is exactly the calculus many of them use. I don't pretend that a single sentence summary captures every detail and consideration though. That sentence has nothing to do with my own opinion of free software.
- EpicEng 10y agoHow do you imagine a company evaluates the decision to open their software?