"The model aimed to rationalize several puzzles observed in the industry, such as why Red Hat, a high-quality firm, contributes significantly more to Linux than any other firm and why a market with mandatory sharing can actually produce higher-quality products than a proprietary market."
Beautiful people. Falling over. via Mika.
This is the best website I think I've seen introducing academic models to a non-academic context anywhere.
Great description of Jonathan Coulton and his compelling alternative model for supporting himself.
I generally want to never link to TED content, but the animation of DNA at around 3:30-4:00 minutes in is pretty awesome.
Gelman on whether to use a simple or complex model and how to build one up.