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006.76 — Open Source as Ecology: Who Feeds the Forest

The ecosystem metaphor is useful because ecosystems have predators.

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Oct 20, 2024
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The ecosystem metaphor is useful because ecosystems have predators. Open source software is not a commons — it's a forest. Some things grow. Some things consume what grows. Some things do both. The q…

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