This innate duality—software visible as both a fixed point and a line—is at the heart of today’s conflict around how we value not just software but online content more broadly. Is software worth nothing, or is it indispensable to society? The answer is both.
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
from Nadia Eghbal 📕
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