The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
| Authors | Raymond, Eric S. |
| Tags | COMPUTERS Operating Systems Linux, Computer software Development, Hackers, LINUX, Open Source, Operating systems (Computers), Pirates informatiques, Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs), operating systems |
| Publisher | O'Reilly |
| Published | 22 Jan 2001 |
| Date | 22 Dec 2025 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | oclc: 44957644, isbn: 9781565928756 |
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Description
- Why You Should Care
- A Brief History of Hackerdom
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- Homesteading the Noosphere
- The Magic Cauldron
- The Revenge of the Hackers
Designed as a great "hacker holiday gift book, " this title is a collection of essays originally published online that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as open source, put Linus Torvalds on the cover of "Forbes" magazine, and helped Linux to rock the world of commercial software.
By the author of the humorous yet informative New Hacker's Dictionary
cited on p. 17 (PDF p. 29) of Stallman, Free Software, Free Society, related to what he said in ch. 6 "Why Software Should Be Free" p. 44 (PDF p. 56):
consider the great artists and artisans of medieval times, who didn’t even sign their names to their work. To them, the name of the artist was not important. What mattered was that the work was done—and the purpose it would serve. This view prevailed for hundreds of years.