The Open Source Definition (Annotated) Version 1.9 The indented, italicized sections below appear as annotations to the Open Source Definition (OSD) and are not a part of the OSD.
A plain version of the OSD without annotations can be found here. Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. Rationale: By constraining the license to require free redistribution, we eliminate the temptation for licensors to throw away many long-term gains to make short-term gains. 2.
The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Rationale: We require access to un-obfuscated source code because you can't evolve programs without modifying them. Eric's Random Writings. When I'm not being a hacker, I'm often a writer.
Here are some of the screeds I've uttered over the years. The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997-2001) Probably the most popular thing I've written. It's in demand in a lot of different forms, so I've given it its own subsite. Includes Homesteading the Noosphere, The Magic Cauldron, and A Brief History of Hackerdom. Goodbye `free software'; hello, `open source` (1998) My original February 1998 call to the community, issued immediately after the Netscape breakthrough, to start using the term `open source'. Open Source Summit (1998) And this is what followed, when the chieftains of the hacker tribes met and threw their weight behind "open source". Keeping an Open Mind (1999) An essay on Open Source I wrote for the Cyberian Express, a Barnes & Noble newsletter.
Response to Nikolai Bezroukov (1999) I dissect a really bad article in First Monday that billed itself as a "Critique of Pure Raymondism". The Case of the Quake Cheats (1999) Culture Hacking (2012) The Cathedral and the Bazaar. This directory gives you access to almost all of the contents of my evolving book, The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Enjoy — but be aware that I have sold O'Reilly the exclusive commercial printing rights. The papers composing this book (like their topic) are still evolving as I get more feedback. I made extensive revisions and additions for the first edition of the book The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and expect to continue adding and revising in future editions. Even if you've heard me do the stand-up version, you may want to reread it. These papers are not `finished', and may never be. If you like these papers, you will probably also enjoy my How To Become A Hacker FAQ (also in the book). Here's the XHTML. My thumbnail sketch of the history of the hacker culture, maintained since about 1992.
Le chaudron magique. Page suivante Page précédente Table des matières Le chaudron magique ( The Magic Cauldron) Auteur : Eric S.
Raymond ( esr@thyrsus.com) Traducteurs : Sébastien Blondeel & Emmanuel Fleury & Denis Vauldenaire juin 1999 ; traduit en juillet Cet article analyse le fonctionnement du substrat économique du phénomène du code source ouvert. Une brève histoire des hackers. A la conquete de la noosphere. La cathedrale et le bazar. Page suivante Page précédente Table des matières La cathédrale et le bazar ( The Cathedral and the Bazaar) Auteur : Eric S.
Raymond ( esr@thyrsus.com) Traducteur : Sébastien Blondeel $Date: 1998/08/11 20:27:29 $ J'analyse le succès d'un projet de logiciel dont le code source est ouvert, NdT traduction de open-source software, terme par lequel l'auteur a délibérément remplacé le terme précédent free software (logiciel libre). Fetchmail (``va chercher le courrier''), qui a été lancé délibérément pour tester certaines théories surprenantes du génie logiciel suggérées par l'histoire de Linux. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.