network effects matter. The demand for new editions of stata increases as the firm "outsources" contributions to econometricians and statisticians. Should @stata pay a $ bonus to these researchers per regression run using such code?https://twitter.com/JulianReif/status/1040599366703226885 …
Hey, Matt, Have you read The Penguin and the Leviathan by Yochai Benkler? It suggests that monetizing the impulse to contribute to a coding community could actually stifle innovation (even if there is a firm, like STATA, setting up the structure for financial gain). Yr thoughts?
