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The author fails to take into account that many(?) open source developers aren't dependent on or motivated by market forces. Regardless of its virtues in a busi
by m_eiman 18y ago
The author fails to take into account that many(?) open source developers aren't dependent on or motivated by market forces. Regardless of its virtues in a business setting, GPL will still live on.
- ovi256 18y agoI disagree : they are motivated by what can be conceived as a market : a social reputation system. They gain reputation by writing and publishing GPL software. This reputation certainly is not money, but it serves the same signalling purpose.
- eru 18y agoAnd this reputation (or the signal) can sometimes be converted into money. Open-source portfolios help in getting a job, I am told.
- m_eiman 18y agoBut if you stop writing open soure code in favour of closed source, you're no longer part of that market. It's more like two different markets (one pays with reputation, one with money or something like that) that are competing for a limited resource - developer time. So I'd say that there is a market, but it's on another level.