How crowdfunding and the JOBS Act will shape open source companies (O'Reilly)

This O'Reilly Radar post makes the case that upcoming changes in how shares of companies can be sold in the US will facilitate the creation of a new flood of open-source companies. "Now, open source projects will be able to seek and find crowds of investors from within their own communities. These companies will have both the traditional advantages of proprietary companies (well-capitalized companies recruit armies of competent programmers and sales forces that can survive long sales cycles) and the advantages of the open source development model (open code review and the ability to integrate the insights of outsiders)."

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