In this document I write down short notes on what I have learned.

2011-09-11: Wikipedia article on Open Source:

• Cooking recipes have been shared since the beginning of human culture.
• Cross-licensing agreement among all US auto manufacturers.
• Firefox, Linux, Wikipedia ...
• No admin costs and access costs --> leads to more creation.
• Counterargument: no monetary gain from making new goods --> less goods.
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    But: cost reduction for all concerned is perhaps an even better monetary incentive than is a price increase.
  • Money can be made indirectly (Linus Torvalds is not poor, for example :-).
• The article has lots of examples but not (very much) scientific evidence for open source / open content.
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    Can there be scientific evidence? Is the question more political than scientific?