Computer software develops more effectively when its code is freely accessible to all, UK researchers have calculated.
This will come as no surprise to the legions of supporters of open-access software, such as the operating systems and tools the Linux and Apache projects distribute. To them, the superiority of freely available code is an article of faith - as much an ideological position as a technological decision.
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