>fundamentally the same closed model prevalent in tech They're totally different. If tech were like academic publishing, software would be developed in publicl

>fundamentally the same closed model prevalent in tech They're totally different. If tech were like academic publishing, software would be developed in publicly-subsidized studios and then given, for free, to for-profit distributors. These distributors would play no significant part in the development of the software, but would happily charge the public an arm and a leg for any usage of it.