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The Cathedral & the Bazaar

by Eric S. Raymond

February 2001

Intermediate to advanced

256 pages

5h 39m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Revision Notes for the Second Edition
Prologue: The Real ProgrammersThe Early HackersThe Rise of UnixThe End of Elder DaysThe Proprietary-Unix EraThe Early Free UnixesThe Great Web Explosion
The Cathedral and the BazaarThe Mail Must Get ThroughThe Importance of Having Users Release Early, Release OftenHow Many Eyeballs Tame ComplexityWhen Is a Rose Not a Rose?Popclient becomes FetchmailFetchmail Grows UpA Few More Lessons from Fetchmail Necessary Preconditions for the Bazaar Style The Social Context of Open-Source SoftwareOn Management and the Maginot LineEpilog: Netscape Embraces the Bazaar
An Introductory ContradictionThe Varieties of Hacker IdeologyPromiscuous Theory, Puritan PracticeOwnership and Open SourceLocke and Land TitleThe Hacker Milieu as Gift CultureThe Joy of HackingThe Many Faces of ReputationOwnership Rights and Reputation IncentivesThe Problem of EgoThe Value of HumilityGlobal Implications of the Reputation-Game ModelHow Fine a Gift? Noospheric Property and the Ethology of TerritoryCauses of ConflictProject Structures and OwnershipConflict and Conflict ResolutionAcculturation Mechanisms and the Link to AcademiaGift Outcompetes ExchangeConclusion: From Custom to Customary LawQuestions for Further Research
Indistinguishable From MagicBeyond Geeks Bearing GiftsThe Manufacturing DelusionThe “Information Wants to be Free” MythThe Inverse CommonsReasons for Closing SourceUse-Value Funding ModelsThe Apache Case: Cost-SharingThe Cisco Case: Risk-SpreadingWhy Sale Value is ProblematicIndirect Sale-Value ModelsLoss-Leader/Market PositionerWidget FrostingGive Away the Recipe, Open a RestaurantAccessorizingFree the Future, Sell the PresentFree the Software, Sell the BrandFree the Software, Sell the ContentWhen to be Open, When to be ClosedWhat Are the Payoffs?How Do They Interact?Doom: A Case StudyKnowing When to Let GoOpen Source as a Strategic WeaponCost-sharing as a competitive weaponResetting the competitionGrowing the pondPreventing a choke holdOpen Source and Strategic Business RiskThe Business Ecology of Open SourceCoping with SuccessOpen R&D and the Reinvention of PatronageGetting There From HereConclusion: Life after the RevolutionAfterword: Why Closing a Drivers Loses Its Vendor Money
Revenge of the HackersBeyond Brooks’s LawMemes and MythmakingThe Road to Mountain ViewThe Origins of “Open Source” Forget Bottom-Up; Work on Top-DownLinux is Our Best Demonstration CaseCapture the Fortune 500Co-opt the Prestige Media that Serve the Fortune 500Educate Hackers in Guerrilla Marketing TacticsUse the Open Source Certification Mark to Keep Things PureThe Accidental RevolutionaryPhases of the CampaignThe Facts on the GroundInto the Future
Why This Document?What Is a Hacker?The Hacker AttitudeBasic Hacking SkillsStatus in the Hacker CultureThe Hacker/Nerd ConnectionPoints For StyleOther ResourcesFrequently Asked Questions

A Brief History of HackerdomNotesNote 1Note 2Note 3The Cathedral and the BazaarNotesNote 4Note 5Note 6Note 7Note 8Note 9Note 10Note 11Note 12Note 13BibliographyAcknowledgementsHomesteading the NoosphereNotesNote 14Note 15Note 16Note 17Note 18Note 19Note 20Note 21Note 22Note 23Note 24Note 25BibliographyNote 26Note 27Note 28Note 29Note 30AcknowledgementsThe Magic CauldronNotesNote 31Note 32Note 33Note 34Note 35BibliographyNote 36Note 37Note 38AcknowledgementsFor Further Reading: