What is open source?
l “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.”
l The Open Source Initiative   http://opensource.org
l The open source manifesto
   The Cathedral and the Bazaar
     Eric S. Raymond, 1997