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