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Revision as of 15:48, 4 February 2012
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh at WOS 2004
Audio and video recording of the lecture available at
http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=1056&L=3
Description
How Free Software develops skills and the local economy
The main reason developers participate in the free software community is to earn and develop new skills. These skills have economic value to developers and employers. Furthermore, by increasing the degree of value that can be added locally - proprietary software inherently concentrates value addition with the proprietor - free software encourages the creation of businesses that enhance the local economy."