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Are people really depending on Open Source for Economics? Open Source is not a business model, and that should be obvious. It's a distribution model, which has
by NayamAmarshe 4y ago
Are people really depending on Open Source for Economics?
Open Source is not a business model, and that should be obvious. It's a distribution model, which has nothing to do with economics. Sure, it may affect a few variables but marketing and sales strategy are what matter more.
- rpastuszak 4y agoPeople like Sindre Sorhus (https://sindresorhus.com https://sindresorhus.com) are, but I'd say survivorship bias comes into play here, he's more of an exception than a rule.
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago>Are people really depending on Open Source for Economics? No, but it often seems like people argue as though it should be sufficient. There are lots of people who argue that things should be open sourced who in their arguments elide the point about how will people survive working on things for free.
- fsckboy 4y agoit's not a distribution model either, you can distribute binaries the same way, and they are not open source unless they're GPL, copyleft, etc. It's a source code license.
- NayamAmarshe 4y agoYou could say it's a source code distribution model, as the name suggests.