There’s a big difference between e.g. a public water utility and clean air (a textbook public good). The latter is non-excludable. Open source can use ways to

There’s a big difference between e.g. a public water utility and clean air (a textbook public good). The latter is non-excludable. Open source can use ways to encourage donations and participation: one good way is adding some form of excitability. This could mean: - increased access or influence over the project management and/or timeline - increased access to the core team for troubleshooting, debugging, etc - co-branding - white labeling (maybe?) - and so on