GitHub’s #pacobaco Model: Asymmetric Open-Source R&D, Software Piracy-Style Distribution, and MIT-Licensed Global Remix Culture

• *Reddit Post Title: GitHub’s #pacobaco Model: Asymmetric Open-Source R&D, Software Piracy-Style Distribution, and MIT-Licensed Global Remix Culture Post Body: Hey r/opensource , r/programming , r/github , I’ve been thinking about what GitHub is actually enabling with its massive open-source ecosystem, and I think it boils down to something I’m calling the #pacobaco model. At its core, it’s asymmetric research & development through software piracy-grade transparency**. Projects are dropped “as-i