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Getting to the root of open source

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Inquirer; By Wendy M. Grossman 		Mail this story
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Part of the early received wisdom about open-source was that it couldn't last: why would people donate their time and expertise to creating something for no return?

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tracyanne ·
quote:: The system is, he concludes sustainable: open-source developers, however it may appear at first glance, are in fact acting on rational self-interest. ::quote

And he spent how many years, writing how many dissertations to work this out?

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