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Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
His argument is that if he writes something and gives it away to a community, the community is free to improve it and distribute it. But at the same time, he stands to lose his livelihood as he becomes a disposable commodity in the face of the hundreds in the community.
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/economideskatsamakas2.pdf http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/desouza.pdf http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rossi_motivations.pdf http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lernertirole3.pdf http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lakhaniwolf.pdf
Guess the above would be a good enough material for a response to the column
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You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw