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Or, since it's universally market forces which are responsible for this corruption, block them from being able to profit off the idea.
by Produce 14y ago
Or, since it's universally market forces which are responsible for this corruption, block them from being able to profit off the idea.
- stcredzero 14y agoThe problem there, is that the same dynamics occur with non-monetary compensation. (Or indirect monetary compensation.)
- Produce 14y ago>same dynamics occur with non-monetary compensation In my experience, at least with Open Source Soft/hardware, this does not appear to be the case. Are you referring to a particular study or incident?
- stcredzero 14y agoNon-monetary (direct) compensation: Some entity gets famous doing something which they're not paid for, but parlays the fame into economic gain. FOSS example of notoriety (non-monetary compensation) later resulting in money: GCC has some benchmarks that are better than vendor compilers. Companies that use GCC start paying to improve it. The thing is, GCC is pretty good, and deserves its good reputation. However, the notion of "Open Source" itself has been subject to hype. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10295530-16.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10295530-16.html http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2006/05/25/beyond_the_open_source_hype http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2006/05/25/beyond_the_... I think the marketing and dumbing down phenomenon has happened with languages. However, there, proprietary software also fares worse. You may have a point.