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— Nadia EghbalCasual contributions are non-extractive when they resemble Benkler’s modular, granular tasks, which require little additional input from maintainers and are inexpensive to review and merge. Bigger, more substantial contributions can also be non-extractive, if the benefit of the contribution exceeds the cost of reviewing and merging it.
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