[nextweb] The Open Source Bank of Brewster
David Weinberger
APRIL 25, 2014
“Libraries are starting to throw away books at a velocity.” Brewster wants to show us how to build on free and open software. Stahlman tried to keep the open code feature-compatible, but it couldn’t be done. Open Source doesn’t work well there. They give away their product, and they use a community structure under 501c(3) so that it can’t be bought. “It pulls it out of the market, like stamping software as Open Source.”
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