One of the things most people don't get about Open Source in China is it's at direct odds to all of the current economic incentives and stated goals. China wants to become an IP powerhouse, the goal is to own and license the ideas- because most of the factories will be gone.
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Replying to @RealSexyCyborg
Doesn't mean the benefits of commons-based peer production don't apply, though, the same way that supply and demand still apply to, say, the real estate market in SF, regardless of how much people may wish it didn't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It doesn't matter because that argument has not proven to be persuasive. The same words, the same arguments are not equally effective simply because they are translated.
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Replying to @RealSexyCyborg
It took a long, long time for many Western companies to "get" it too, regardless of the strength of the arguments. Microsoft used to fight FLOSS with all its might but has now embraced it and become a fairly benevolent player. Remains to be seen what they do with GitHub.
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Rich Felker Retweeted Andrew Ayer
I think this is a more realistic assessment than "[MS] has now embraced it":https://twitter.com/__agwa/status/1003669904430514176 …
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