[ox] the fading altruism of open source development
- From: oliver frommel <oliver firstfloor.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:50:21 +0100 (CET)
hallo,
hier ist ein recht kritischer und interessanter artikel ueber
wirtschaftliche und kulturelle ursachen des free software phaenomens.
abstract
The nexus of open source development appears to have shifted to Europe
over the last ten years. This paper explains why this trend undermines
cultural arguments about "hacker ethics" and "post-scarcity" gift
economies. It suggests that classical economic theory offers a more
succinct explanation for the peculiar international distribution of open
source development: hacking rises and falls inversely to its opportunity
cost. This finding throws doubt on the Schumpeterian assumption that the
efficiency of industrial systems can be measured without reference
to the social institutions that bind them.
Code, Culture and Cash: The Fading Altruism of Open Source Development
by David Lancashire
-oliver
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