Why we code
summary
Argues that open source succeeds because three interacting economies drive it not because heroic coders alone the software attention economy concentrates users and documentation around projects the gift economy rewards sustained contributors with social capital and influence and the cash economy funds maintenance and institutional risk mitigation Cites concrete examples: JTS ported to C++ became GEOS enabling PostGIS 1.0, GeoTools GeoServer and Turf rely on unpaid maintainers, survey shows 70% of companies use OSS but only 34% allow time to contribute and 75% give under $1000
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:01Why we fight
- 7:16Three economies of code
- 15:32Open source makers
- 21:49Infrastructure projects
- 25:29Why open source
- 30:29Unregulated insurance
- 34:01Institutional responsibility
- 37:52System in action
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