The negligible unit economics of software mean that the successfulness of Free Software should be derivable from those old theories. The monopolistic and rent-s

The negligible unit economics of software mean that the successfulness of Free Software should be derivable from those old theories. The monopolistic and rent-seeking alternative that is the proprietary computer industry is also really far from some Ricardo utopia. I don't mean to engage in some "no true capitalism" libertarian defense, but rather point out that a lot of fine (if simplistic) economic models/theory have been corrupted by various ideologies. A lot of radical-seeming stuff is not radical at all according to the math, just according to your rightist econ 101 teacher.