The Open Source Context
n“When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.”
nThe Open Source Initiative http://opensource.org
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nThe open source manifesto
n The Cathedral and the Bazaar
n Eric S. Raymond, 1997