Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution (O'Reilly Open Source)

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. 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. "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. 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"--Publisher's website Copyright......Page 1 Acknowledgments......Page 3 Introduction......Page 5 A Brief History of Hackerdom......Page 20 Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable......Page 29 The Internet Engineering Task Force......Page 43 The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement......Page 49 Future of Cygnus Solutions An Entrepreneur's Account......Page 65 Software Engineering......Page 80 The Linux Edge......Page 89 Giving It Away How Red Hat Software Stumbled Across a New Economic Model and Helped Improve an Industry......Page 99 Diligence, Patience, and Humility......Page 110 Open Source as a Business Strategy......Page 127 The Open Source Definition......Page 145 Hardware, Software, and Infoware......Page 160 Freeing the Source: The Story of Mozilla......Page 167 The Revenge of the Hackers......Page 175 Appendix A: The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate......Page 185 Appendix B: The Open Source Definition, Version 1.0......Page 216 ontributors......Page 225 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 The future of Cygnus Solutions : and entrepreneur's account / Michael Tiemann Software engineering / Paul Vixie 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 Tome 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 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. Now, in Open Sources, for the first time the leaders of Open Source come together 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. - Back cover.