Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
One of the more interesting models for content creation that accompanied the birth of the internet is open-source software. In the open-source community, software artifacts are given away for free—although licensing terms vary. The open-source model provides vibrant proof that there are many different ways to incentivize people to build and create things—and that money is just one of them. Even without direct payment, many contributors to the open-source community are well-compensated, both in fame and fortune.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
One of the more interesting models for content creation that accompanied the birth of the internet is open-source software. In the open-source community, software artifacts are given away for free—although licensing terms vary. The open-source model provides vibrant proof that there are many different ways to incentivize people to build and create things—and that money is just one of them. Even without direct payment, many contributors to the open-source community are well-compensated, both in fame and fortune.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
