Open Source Redux
Written by admin on April 21, 2009
Open Source is not a self-propelled force driving towards liberty, freedom, fraternity, new markets conditions or any other specific ideal. Those things are at best someone’s personal politics. Open Source is just an example of a natural human process: It is eventually less burdensome to share useful secrets than it is to keep them hidden. In economics, burdens are measured as costs. The lower cost of Open Source software is a direct consequence of its less secretive nature.
- Nigel McFarlane
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