Josh Lerner of Harvard has suggested that many open source contributors do so in order to win a name for themselves and thereby advance their own interests. This motive does not necessarily contradict the altruistic and aesthetic motives that Ravi seems to be suggesting.
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:23:50PM -0400, ravi wrote: > > Not speaking to Leigh or particular people here: I never quite > understand why the economics left cannot come to terms with open source? > Is it because of the libertarian tendencies of some in the OSS > community? Is it because the OSS model is ultimately utopian/infeasible? > Or is it because they have unknowingly accepted the > capitalism/selfish-gene narrative? > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
