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The Social Context of Open-Source Software
- I think the future of open-source software will increasingly belong to people who know how to play Linus's game, people who leave behind the cathedral and embrace the bazaar. This is not to say that individual vision and brilliance will no longer matter; rather, I think that the cutting edge of open-source software will belong to people who start f... See more
from The Social Context of Open-Source Software by Eric Steven Raymond
sari added 3y ago
- Perhaps in the end the open-source culture will triumph not because cooperation is morally right or software ``hoarding'' is morally wrong (assuming you believe the latter, which neither Linus nor I do), but simply because the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race with open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more... See more
from The Social Context of Open-Source Software by Eric Steven Raymond
sari added 3y ago