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It's like trying to build an "Open Source Gas Station chain". Yes, you can hack up a storage container and a pump with "open source" bits, but that's not what
by theshrike79 4y ago
It's like trying to build an "Open Source Gas Station chain".
Yes, you can hack up a storage container and a pump with "open source" bits, but that's not what makes it useful.
What makes it useful is the fact that there is a $chain Gas Station in every nook and cranny. And that's not something openness can change.
- evolve2k 4y agoTo butcher your an analogy, an open source gas station chain would be a publicly an available light rail; one that replaces driving for many citizens along the route. Openness helps kill off rent seekers. This might be the deeper concept that sits behind the original authors question.