Mastodawn

The (emergent) strategy of the #FOSS movement as a whole is "Make FOSS, change the world". And it worked. 9 trillion of value to the corporate business world and big tech. You can do a lot with that money, and indeed change the world.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Harvard-study-Open-source-has-an-economic-value-of-8-8-trillion-dollars-10322643.html

#SX #SOSS #Socialcoding

Harvard study: Open source has an economic value of 8.8 trillion dollars

Open source software is worth trillions to the economy. However, researchers warn that companies contribute too little to the development of open source tools.

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🫧 socialcoding..Dec 9

#ThoughProvoker

If we don't get into massive collaborative arrangements, then we don't deserve to win from Big Tech. Simply because we don't Play to win.