The Cathedral and the Bazaar

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The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.

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instanceOf book
essay
associatedWith free software vs open source discourse
open-source definition debates
author Eric Raymond
Eric Raymond
surface form: Eric S. Raymond
caseStudy development of the Fetchmail program
centralConcept bazaar model of software development
cathedral model of software development
coinOrPopularize Linus’s Law
contrasts centralized top-down development
decentralized collaborative development
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
discusses coordination without centralized control
motivations of volunteer contributors
project leadership in open-source communities
firstPresentedAt Linux Kongress 1997
firstPublicationForm essay
focusesOn practical lessons from open-source projects
genre non-fiction
software engineering literature
technology book
hasEdition expanded book edition with additional essays
hasImpactOn corporate adoption of open-source software
perception of hacker culture
influenced Mozilla open-source strategy
Netscape decision to open-source its browser
business attitudes toward open source
open-source movement
software engineering practices
influencedBy GNU Project
surface form: GNU project

Linux kernel community
surface form: Linux kernel development

free software community practices
ISBN 978-1-56592-724-7
language English
laterPublicationForm book
mainSubject free software movement
open-source software development
software development methodologies
notableIdea emergent design from many contributors
importance of peer review in software
treating users as co-developers
proposes “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”
“release early, release often” principle
publicationYear 1997
publisher O'Reilly Media
surface form: O’Reilly Media
targetAudience software developers
software project managers
technology business leaders

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this entity surface form: The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
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subject surface form: Eric S. Raymond
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subject surface form: Eric S. Raymond