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   1 0The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software (Working Knowledge)  null/LWN/0000764321             70
   2 i  [Briefs] Sep 6, 2018 16:56 UTC (Thu) (corbet)
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   4 i    The  Harvard  Business School's "Working Knowledge" site has an
   5 i    article  arguing  that  it can pay for companies to allow their
   6 i    developers  to  contribute  back to the projects whose software
   7 i    they  use.  "And that presents an interesting dilemma for firms
   8 i    that  rely  heavily on open source. Should they allow employees
   9 i    on  company  time to make updates and edits to the software for
  10 i    community  use  that could be used by competitors? New research
  11 i    by  Assistant  Professor  Frank Nagle, a member of the Strategy
  12 i    Unit  at  Harvard  Business School, shows that paying employees
  13 i    to   contribute   to   such   software   boosts  the  company’s
  14 i    productivity  from  using  the  software  by  as  much  as  100
  15 i    percent, when compared with free-riding competitors."
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