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The example is flawed. What really happens in open source is that the users contribute bug reports and fixes, then the project maintainers privatize the use af
by TAForObvReasons 4y ago
The example is flawed. What really happens in open source is that the users contribute bug reports and fixes, then the project maintainers privatize the use after extracting value. Should the users who contributed code and issues be paid as well?
For better or for worse, the success of many large open source projects is driven by a community of evangelists that just wouldn't exist if the project weren't open source in the first place.
- colordrops 4y agoCould update the example by saying that the villagers have been contributing to bridge maintenance before it went private.
- OrvalWintermute 4y agoO&M of a thing, often outweighs the initial cost of bootstrapping it in the first place. The longer it runs, the more this is true.