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**Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution**

The Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is a comprehensive and insightful book that explores the history and impact of the open source movement. Through interviews with key figures in the open source community, Sam Ockman provides a unique perspective on the motivations, challenges, and triumphs of this revolutionary movement.

The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a historical overview of the open source movement, from its origins in the free software movement to its current role in the global economy. Part 2 examines the key principles and values of the open source movement, including collaboration, transparency, and community. Part 3 explores the impact of the open source movement on various industries, including software development, hardware manufacturing, and education.

Throughout the book, Ockman provides a wealth of examples and case studies to illustrate the power and potential of open source. He also addresses the challenges that the open source movement faces, such as intellectual property rights and the need for sustainable funding models.

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the history, principles, and impact of this transformative movement.

Here is a more detailed description of each of the three parts of the book:

Part 1: History of the Open Source Movement

This part of the book provides a historical overview of the open source movement, from its origins in the free software movement to its current role in the global economy. Ockman traces the development of the open source movement through key events and人物, such as the launch of the GNU Project by Richard Stallman and the founding of the Open Source Initiative by Eric Raymond.

Part 2: Principles and Values of the Open Source Movement

This part of the book examines the key principles and values of the open source movement, including collaboration, transparency, and community. Ockman argues that these principles are essential to the success of the open source movement and that they have the potential to transform other areas of society.

Part 3: Impact of the Open Source Movement

This part of the book explores the impact of the open source movement on various industries, including software development, hardware manufacturing, and education. Ockman provides a wealth of examples and case studies to illustrate the power and potential of open source. He also addresses the challenges that the open source movement faces, such as intellectual property rights and the need for sustainable funding models.


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, O'Reilly & 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)
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.
Author: DiBona, Chris Author: Ockman, Sam Publisher: O'Reilly Media Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution Pages: 00284 (Unencrypted EPUB) On Sale: 2008-07-14 SKU-13/ISBN: 9781565925823 Category: Computers : Social Aspects - Human-Computer Interaction