4.4. Case Studies

• In "The Magic Cauldron", ESR presents some case studies for real cases where releasing the source code under an open-source license was a rational decision, economically.
• Here, I'll present some of them to give a taste of why "open source makes sense" sometimes.

• 4.4.1. Apache : Cost Sharing
• 4.4.2. Zope : Give Away a Recipe, Open a Restaurant
• 4.4.3. Doom : Becoming Open-Source at the Right Time

Written by Shlomi Fish