1.2. The role of the Open Source community
The idea of Open Source plays a major role in Linux development. In this section, we will look at what Open Source is, what it means for software to be Open Source, and what it means for Linux to be Open Source.
The definition of Open Source can be found on the organization's Web site, http://www.opensource.org.[1] Open Source code is licensed under a variety of licenses, all of which provide access to the source code and the right to modify it.
[1] A discussion of the Open Source philosophy is given in The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond.
1.2.1. Peer review means quality
How can something put together by a disparate group of programmers have high quality? Put yourself in their shoes. Any code ...
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