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 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
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
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
targetAudience software developers
software project managers
technology business leaders

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Homesteading the Noosphere
How To Become A Hacker
Magic Cauldron
Magic Cauldron ("The Cathedral and the Bazaar (essay collection)")
Revenge of the Hackers
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Eric Raymond
Eric S. Raymond
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Homesteading the Noosphere ("The Cathedral and the Bazaar collection")
Magic Cauldron
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Eric Raymond
authored
Homesteading the Noosphere
follows
Magic Cauldron ("The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary")
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Eric Raymond
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