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Open Sources: Voices of the Open Source Revolution
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Freely available source code, with contributions from thousands of
programmers around the world: this is the spirit of the software
revolution known as Open Source. Open Source has grabbed the computer
industry's attention. Netscape has opened the source code to Mozilla;
IBM supports Apache; major database vendors haved ported their products
to Linux. As enterprises realize the power of the Open Source development
model, Open Source is becoming a viable mainstream alternative to
commercial software.
Now in Open Sources, leaders of Open Source come together for the
first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have
created. The essays in this volume offer insight into how the Open Source
movement works, why it succeeds, and where it is going.
For programmers who have labored on Open Source projects, Open
Sources is the new gospel: a powerful vision from the movement's
spiritual leaders. For businesses integrating Open Source software
into their enterprise, Open Sources reveals the mysteries of
how open development builds better software, and how businesses can
leverage freely available software for a competitive business advantage.
The contributors here have been the leaders in the Open Source arena:
- Brian Behlendorf (Apache)
- Kirk McKusick (Berkeley Unix)
- Tim O'Reilly (Publisher, Oreilly & Associates)
- Bruce Perens (Debian Project, Open Source Initiative)
- Tom Paquin and Jim Hamerly (mozilla.org, Netscape)
- Eric Raymond (Open Source Initiative)
- Richard Stallman (GNU, Free Software Foundation, Emacs)
- Michael Tiemann (Cygnus Solutions)
- Linus Torvalds (Linux)
- Paul Vixie (Bind)
- Larry Wall (Perl)
- Bob Young (Red Hat)
This book explains why the majority of the Internet's servers use Open
Source technologies for everything from the operating system to Web serving
and email. Key technology products developed with Open Source Software
have overtaken and surpassed the commercial efforts of billion dollar
companies like Microsoft and IBM to dominate software markets. Learn
the inside story of what led Netscape to decide to release its source
code using the Open Source mode. Learn how Cygnus Solutions builds
the world's best compilers by sharing the source code. Learn why
venture capitalists are eagerly watching Red Hat Software, a company
that gives its key product -- Linux -- away.
For the first time in print, this book presents the story of the Open
Source phenomenon told by the people who created this movement.
Open Sources will bring you into the world of free software and show
you the revolution.
Open Source is a trademark of the Open Source Initiative.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman, and Mark Stone
A Brief History of Hackerdom
Eric S. Raymond
Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix: From AT&T-Owned to
Freely Redistributable
Marshall Kirk McKusick
The Internet Engineering Task Force
Scott Bradner
The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
Richard Stallman
Future of Cygnus Solutions: An Entrepreneur's Account
Michael Tiemann
Software Engineering
Paul Vixie
The Linux Edge
Linus Torvalds
Giving It Away: How Red Hat Software Stumbled Across a
New Economic Model and Helped Improve an Industry
Robert Young
Diligence, Patience, and Humility
Larry Wall
Open Source as a Business Strategy
Brian Behlendorf
The Open Source Definition
Bruce Perens
Hardware, Software, and Infoware
Tim O'Reilly
Freeing the Source: The Story of Mozilla
Jim Hamerly and Tom Paquin with Susan Walton
The Revenge of the Hackers
Eric S. Raymond
Appendix A: The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate
Appendix B: The Open Source Definition, Version 1.0
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: May 27, 1999 Kalei Awana from Helsinki, Finland
Covers the Background of Linux
The different writers discuss several aspects of Free Software/Open Source in rather well-written essays. Issues like history, software projects, business models and licensing are covered in detail. Required reading for software developers, IT managers, Linux users, and just anybody. Would also make a good starting point for academics like sociologists and philosophers doing research on the subject.
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