As Mr Montgomery points out, there are two ways of thinking about open-source software development.

ECONOMIST: The software-development industry

But he knew a ton about open-source software, whose source code is given away in order to attract improvements.

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Fortunately, the tools to innovate and the prevalence of open source software and entrepreneurs in the gaming industry makes me optimistic about the long-term health of gaming as a lucrative and truly exciting industry.

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