This is very good case study, and deserves to be shared widely. I think it demonstrates very well that collaboration is a behavior as much as it is a task, and that it blossoms when fed from beneath. There are many managers who still believe that command and control is the quickest way to enable collaboration, but this study proves the opposite to be the case.
I agree with both comments. What is important is the thought behind the measure (patent or copyright) which is to nurture and protect, to which the words "through to maturity" or an equivalent limitation ,may be an appropriate addition. All too often we get fixated on the measure, and apply binary support, without going back to the originating issue that the measures were meant to address.
Thankfully Open Source licensing offers an alternative to the patents route, and by providing public copyright negates the legal, financial and innovation constraints that patents predominantly attract.
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This is very good case study, and deserves to be shared widely. I think it demonstrates very well that collaboration is a behavior as much as it is a task, and that it blossoms when fed from beneath. There are many managers who still believe that command and control is the quickest way to enable collaboration, but this study proves the opposite to be the case.
I agree with both comments. What is important is the thought behind the measure (patent or copyright) which is to nurture and protect, to which the words "through to maturity" or an equivalent limitation ,may be an appropriate addition. All too often we get fixated on the measure, and apply binary support, without going back to the originating issue that the measures were meant to address.
Thankfully Open Source licensing offers an alternative to the patents route, and by providing public copyright negates the legal, financial and innovation constraints that patents predominantly attract.