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Who would you say is capturing the value created by this software, and how can we fix it so that value goes to the people who wrote the software? Not sure I ha
by cornercasechase 3y ago
Who would you say is capturing the value created by this software, and how can we fix it so that value goes to the people who wrote the software?
Not sure I have an answer but that shareholders and executives get the vast majority of the gains points to an extremely broken system.
- SpicyLemonZest 3y agoEnd users are capturing the value. But of course that's the point of open source; you're voluntarily avoiding the proprietary software strategies that let you capture more value from your users. I don't think it has much to do with shareholders or executives.
- WJW 3y ago> how can we fix it so that value goes to the people who wrote the software? Not giving away the software for free would be a good start. There are many ways to charge people for software.
- zokier 3y agoSoftware doesn't create value by itself, people using software creates value. With open source software anyone is free to use software to create value for themselves. Of course Pikettys r>g still applies insomuch it applies to anything, but that is not really related to software anymore.