What Frank Chimero thinks about open source

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Designer and writer in New York; author of The Shape of Design.

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1. 9 Feb 2018

   Our readingThe legibility of the source is one of the most important properties of the web, because it keeps the door open to the next generation.

   Their wordsIllegibility comes from complexity without clarity. I believe that the legibility of the source is one of the most important properties of the web. It’s the main thing that keeps the door open to independent, unmediated contributions to the network.

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