Eric Raymond

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American person author essayist human open-source advocate software developer

Eric Raymond is an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author best known for his influential essay collection "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," which helped popularize and legitimize the open-source software movement.

Aliases (2)

Eric S. Raymond ×19
Eric Steven Raymond ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American person → author → essayist → human → open-source advocate → software developer →
advocated	collaborative software development → use of open-source licenses →
authored	Homesteading the Noosphere → How To Become A Hacker → Magic Cauldron → Revenge of the Hackers → The Art of Unix Programming → The Cathedral and the Bazaar → The Jargon File → The New Hacker's Dictionary →
birthDate	1957-12-04 →
birthPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
edited	The Jargon File → The New Hacker's Dictionary →
familyName	Raymond →
field	computer programming → open-source software → software engineering →
fullName	Eric Steven Raymond →
gender	male →
givenName	Eric →
influenced	open-source movement → software business models for open source →
knownFor	The Cathedral and the Bazaar → advocacy of open-source software → editing The New Hacker's Dictionary →
language	English →
movement	hacker culture → open-source software movement →
nationality	United States of America →
notableWork	The Art of Unix Programming → The Cathedral and the Bazaar → The New Hacker's Dictionary →
occupation	open-source strategist → software developer → writer →
softwareDeveloped	fetchmail →
wroteAbout	bazaar model of software development → cathedral model of software development → hacker culture and ethics →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Homesteading the Noosphere ("Eric S. Raymond") → How To Become A Hacker ("Eric S. Raymond") → Magic Cauldron ("Eric S. Raymond") → Revenge of the Hackers ("Eric S. Raymond") → The Art of Unix Programming ("Eric S. Raymond") → The Cathedral and the Bazaar ("Eric S. Raymond") → The Cathedral and the Bazaar → The Cathedral and the Bazaar ("Eric S. Raymond") → fetchmail ("Eric S. Raymond") →	author
Open Source Initiative ("Eric S. Raymond") →	coFoundedBy
The New Hacker's Dictionary ("Eric S. Raymond") →	compiler
Homesteading the Noosphere ("Eric S. Raymond") →	copyrightHolder
Revenge of the Hackers ("Eric S. Raymond") →	creator
fetchmail ("Eric S. Raymond") →	developer
The New Hacker's Dictionary ("Eric S. Raymond") →	editor
Open Source Initiative ("Eric S. Raymond") →	founder
Eric Raymond ("Eric Steven Raymond") →	fullName
open-source movement ("Eric S. Raymond") →	hasKeyFigure
Raymond ("Eric S. Raymond") →	hasNotableBearer
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Revenge of the Hackers ("Eric S. Raymond") →	mentionsPerson
Raymond ("Eric S. Raymond") →	usedBy