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The Value of Open Source Software - a 2024 paper from Harvard (papers.ssrn.com)
3 points by rustdesk 881 days ago
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"We first estimate the supply-side value by calculating the cost to recreate the most widely used OSS once. We then calculate the demand side value based on a replacement value for each firm that uses the software and would need to build it internally if OSS did not exist. We estimate the supply-side value of widely-used OSS is $4.15 billion, but that the demand-side value is much larger at $8.8 trillion."

I hope someone would listen.