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I'm fascinated to learn that there's a black market for GitHub stars: https://dagster.io/blog/fake-stars E.g. they can be financially valuable if you're trying to raise money for your start-up.

Nvidia is open sourcing its kernel drivers! Looks like the popularity of Linux in data centres meant it was valuable from a sales perspective. Still, everyone wins. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1

RISC-V seems like a great example of "commoditise your complements". If you're getting value higher in the hardware or software stack, a royalty-free ISA is valuable. Creating an ISA is a ton of work. Once it's basically viable, it creates interesting opportunities.