Henry George and the Intellectual Foundations of the Open Source Movement
The emergence of a common development platform (either in the form of open source projects or proprietary products) and the corresponding economic communities that emerge to support those platforms is similar in scale and scope to the concept of the city found in Henry George's economics of tim...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. - Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 1941. - 70(2011), 4, Seite 904-927 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2011
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The American Journal of Economics and Sociology |
| Schlagworte: | Behavioral sciences Economics Applied sciences Business Law Social sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | The emergence of a common development platform (either in the form of open source projects or proprietary products) and the corresponding economic communities that emerge to support those platforms is similar in scale and scope to the concept of the city found in Henry George's economics of time and place. A modern counterpart to the 19 th -century focus on land can be found in the 20 th -century concern with the establishment of intellectual property rights that fence off a portion of the creative commons in order to construct temporary monopolies. Captured in the open source movement where licenses that specify property rights are adopted in order to provide a great deal of flexibility in terms of how ideas are used and shared, a strong connection can be drawn between this modern movement and the work of Henry George. Building a connection between the two provides greater clarity in terms of understanding how in a modern technology-based economy, progress can be achieved without poverty. |
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| ISSN: | 00029246 |