Inc.com: The Secrets of Open-Source Managing

“Online piracy, of course, is fairly routine. But what happened
next isn’t: Valve customers around the world joined forces to track
down the thieves. They found them in Europe; one of them, a hacker
nicknamed ‘Ago,’ was arrested in Germany in June.

“Why would a posse of online gamers–a group not known for
respecting niceties like copyrights–set out after the liberators
of the program they had so eagerly awaited? The answer can be found
in the open-source movement…”

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