Comments on: Open Source License Diversity

By: Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » Building Houses on Sand

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:56:53 +0000

[...] out. First we get a bloom of diversity. Then we get consolidation. In the end we get a power-law distribution across some number of licenses. In the final e [...]

By: Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » In Praise of Tweaking

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:26:54 +0000

[...] s. Let’s look at some of the ways this solves canonical problems in the open source design space. For example one model of open source says that the work [...]

By: Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » Upgrade your Open Source License, Cash back on your cell phone bill!

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:50:50 +0000

[...] shows how the distribution of various open source licenses is. It’s pulled from an earlier posting. When a new kind of behavior appears on the scene you [...]

By: bhyde

bhyde — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:36:27 +0000

Thanks, fixed the broken link.

If your feeling math-e you can read this http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~annexste/Courses/cs690/Zipf,%20Power-law,%20Pareto%20-%20a%20ranking%20tutorial.htm which outlines when (and when not)
an iterative random processes draws the distribution of the prior round round tend toward power-laws.

By: Santiago Gala

Santiago Gala — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:45:29 +0000

I’m not sure where is the link supposed to point, but it is pointing back to your home currently.

Very interesting data. It goes along the lines that I read some time ago that most (if not all) power law distributions are rooted in sublying Markov Chains (aka Drunkyar’s walk). Clustering around a semi-random first choice, for instance, explains why I use Mandrake as my linux distribution in my X86 boxes, and also why I chose Gentoo (first working LiveCD I managed to find) for my TiBook.

Knowing the first few players would be great, too.