How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy

Figures & data

Figure 1. Zones of Github practices among proprietary app companies.

Figure 2. Proprietary and F/OSS dependencies configured for building new app code.

Figure 3. Netnographic signs of direct collaboration between companies.

Figure 4. Proprietary software companies giving back to ‘the community.’

Figure 5. Proprietary app companies signaling proximity to the open-source world.