How Open Source Ate Software: Understand the Open Source Movement and So Much More

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G. HaffHow Open Source Ate Softwarehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6800-1_4

4. Open Source Development Model

Gordon Haff¹  

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Lancaster, MA, USA

 

We’ve seen some of the ways in which the thinking around free and open source software has evolved over time. Perhaps the biggest change is the realization that it can be such an effective development model as opposed to just a source of user freedoms. As a result, understanding modern open source has to include understanding how it’s developed. And more specifically, how it’s developed when multiple individuals and organizations participate and collaborate.

This chapter delves into the open source development ...