Homesteading the Noosphere
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Homesteading the Noosphere is an influential essay by Eric S. Raymond that analyzes the culture, motivations, and property norms of the open-source software community.
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
essay
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non-fiction work → |
| analyzes |
conflicts over project control
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ownership of open-source projects → role of maintainers in open-source → |
| author |
Eric S. Raymond
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| circulation |
widely circulated on the internet
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| compares |
gift culture and exchange culture
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hacker culture and traditional economic models → |
| copyrightHolder |
Eric S. Raymond
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| describes |
gift culture in hacker communities
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informal property rights in software → reputation-based incentives for programmers → social organization of open-source projects → |
| follows |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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| genre |
cultural analysis
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technology essay → |
| hasKeyConcept |
forking as a property-rights mechanism
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homesteading as claiming territory in the noosphere → noosphere as a space of ideas → ownership as a social construct in software → prestige as primary reward for hackers → role of licenses in defining property norms → taboo against forking successful projects → |
| influenced |
debates on intellectual property in software
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discourse on open-source licensing → understanding of hacker culture → |
| influencedBy |
hacker ethic
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open-source movement → |
| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
hacker culture
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motivation of open-source developers → open-source software culture → property norms in software → |
| mentions |
GNU General Public License
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open-source licenses → |
| notableFor |
influencing perceptions of hacker motivations
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popularizing the idea of gift culture in software → systematic analysis of open-source social dynamics → |
| partOf |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar collection
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| publicationType |
online essay
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| publisher |
Eric S. Raymond’s personal website
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| relatedWork |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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The Magic Cauldron → |
| targetAudience |
open-source contributors
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software developers → technology theorists → |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1990s open-source movement
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Referenced by (3)
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Magic Cauldron
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Revenge of the Hackers → |
relatedWork |
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Eric Raymond
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authored |