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nishio.icon - Traditionally, when people overcooked vegetables and food, they would "[[share]]" them. - In return for this is the exchange form A - As for digital goods, the cost of copying is low, so you can make what you want and then "share" it with the rest of the world. - This is the occurrence of [OSS - However, in the modern era, when [[exchange form C]], the exchange of goods, is common, there is no "giving back" based on exchange form A to the author of the OSS - In other words, the problem can be described as "the dysfunction of Mode of Exchange A in a society where Mode of Exchange C is the norm. - So Form D, which is "to experience Form C and then return to the higher A," is the solution. - Related: [[How to deal with the tragedy of shared lands in OSS]].

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