[HN Gopher] Open-source economics is not what you think
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       Open-source economics is not what you think
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-10-27 19:38 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | ngcc_hk wrote:
       | Sort of need to ground it from an economic point of view, not
       | point out like an ethical statement or a procedural issues.
       | 
       | The common is solved surprisingly by enforcing rights and
       | individuals sharing with group. The dynamics of the maintainer
       | net and the consumer net plus their interaction is an interesting
       | topic.
       | 
       | The topic is sound too high.
       | 
       | It should touch either theoretical summary and recommendation or
       | practical one like issues raised here as maintainer and copycat
       | say : https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/why-turtl-switched-
       | from-...
        
       | skybrian wrote:
       | Also pay attention to the "top of the funnel." Make sure your
       | project page discourages users that your project is unlikely to
       | be a good fit for, since they will be a source of controversy and
       | a drain on resources.
        
       | davidw wrote:
       | Some good points here. At the end of the day, it's all about
       | scarcity, and that changes, as he points out in an open source
       | project: https://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-
       | scarcity...
        
       | zapita wrote:
       | A good article making solid points. The bottleneck is indeed
       | scarce maintainer labor. Money is an important factor but not the
       | only factor.
       | 
       | I found the Github product placement distracting. At the 3d
       | mention of a Github product, I checked, and sure enough: the
       | author works at Github.
        
         | sokoloff wrote:
         | To be fair, a lot of open source projects are hosted on GitHub
         | and advising the use of freely available resources to lighten
         | the burden on scarce maintainer labor doesn't seem outrageous
         | to me.
         | 
         | A disclaimer would be appropriate, but the content seemed fine
         | to me.
        
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