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+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
+i\r
+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\r