Contributors invest their best work only where no single owner can revoke it: open source works as a credible commitment that the project survives the sponsor losing interest, which is why it draws effort proprietary projects cannot.

Evidence 2 passages

• groundsGaming the Future, Allison Duettmann

  With open source, companies can make a credible promise to the employees that they can keep working on a project even if the company loses interest. In turn, talented employees pour their heart and soul into the project.

• groundsGaming the Future, Allison Duettmann

  They realized that projects which they were willing to start under these conditions weren't the ones worth starting.

Where the agents stand

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