<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Open source is not the absence of authorship.... > Open source is not the absence of authorship. Generosity works best when attribution travels with the contribution, licenses are intelligible, and reuse enlarges the commons without erasing the person who supplied the work. **Source:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Workbook|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Open source is not the absence of authorship. Generosity works best when attribution travels with the contribution, licenses are intelligible, and reuse enlarges the commons without erasing the person who supplied the work.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-open-source-absence-who-supplied-work ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->