This book has come from a place where open source software is a great success and transformational technology force. It would be hard to credibly argue that open source ideas and practices haven’t greatly influenced how software gets developed and how cooperative innovation happens more broadly.
But even the most positive storylines embed other narratives that don’t make it into press releases. Some of these are just blemishes. Others are more fundamental questions about balancing the desires of users and communities, creating sustainable development models, and continuing ...
