# kaal:claim:3782217-032

**Claim.** From a game theory perspective the open source culture advocated in the Web3 movement is not sustainable in the long term unless it is married with a culture of respect for history.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- long term horizon
- absence of a culture acknowledging past contributions

**Source quote.**

> the current open source culture advocated in the WebM movement is not sustainable in the long term. Unless we marry it with a culture of respect for history.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), Open source culture requires a culture of respect for history, page 13

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

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**Failure mode.** unsustainable-open-source  (family: staking-and-incentive-misalignment)

**Topics.** open-source-and-code, economics

**Keywords.** open-source, sustainability, game-theory, history, web3

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