Why do we have open source software, but few other industries do?

· Bits and Bobs 2/23/26
  • Why do we have open source software, but few other industries do?
    • Mostly because software is data, data is bits, and bits are non-rivalrous.
    • You can have the bits, and I can too.
    • Atoms are inherently rivalrous, but bits are inherently non-rivalrous.
    • Open source is easy in a world of bits, and hard in a world of atoms.