open source: References & Edit History
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Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar, rev. ed. (2001), collects various essays on the history and benefits of open source from one of its best-known advocates.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: Seneca Polytechnic Pressbooks System - Developers ultimate guide: Linux Bash scripting - Opensource community and Unix History. | Jul 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Computer Society - A Brief History of Free, Open Source Software and Its Communities. | Mar 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Seneca Polytechnic Pressbooks System - Developers ultimate guide: Linux Bash scripting - Opensource community and Unix History. | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Radio National - National Interest - Open Source Genetics*. | Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - ScholarSpace - Free Software and Open Source Movements: From Digital Rebellion to Aaron Swartz - Responses to Government and Corporate Attempts at Suppression and Enclosure (PDF). | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Links added. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Why Open Source? | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Open Source Movement: a Revolution In Software Development (PDF). | May 01, 2016 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Nov 02, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 17, 2005 |
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