Embracing Insanity: Open Source Software Development (Other Sams)

Open Source Software Development Embracing Insanity:......Page 2
Copyright © 2000 by Sams Publishing......Page 3
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 13
What Will You Learn from This Book?......Page 16
How This Book Is Organized......Page 17
PART I ORIGINS OF OPEN SOURCE: HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?......Page 20
What Does “Internet Speed” Really Mean?......Page 21
The Open Source Way......Page 22
Communication and Its Impact on Software......Page 24
The Discovery of Joy......Page 27
The Course of the River Has Changed......Page 30
Once upon a Time in New Jersey…......Page 32
The Apostle of Freedom......Page 33
GNU and You......Page 34
The Helsinki Connection......Page 35
Open Source Versus Free Software......Page 36
But Wait…There’s More!......Page 37
What Next?......Page 41
From Cost Center to Profit Center......Page 42
The Essential Disruptive Technology......Page 43
PART I I EXPLORING THE ROOTS OF THE INSANITY......Page 60
What Is a “Geek”?......Page 62
Geeks Dripping with Culture......Page 63
From Kicked Dog to Top Dog: The Rise of Self-Esteem......Page 64
Ingredients for Making Geek Soup......Page 67
Why Geek Culture Is the Key to Many Things......Page 75
The Geeks Are Knocking at the Door......Page 76
Size Really Does Matter......Page 78
It Is Good to Work, But It Is Better to Grow......Page 80
A Community That Explodes the Myth of the Anti-Social Geek......Page 85
The Meaning of Beer......Page 87
The Necessity of Community......Page 88
Better Raw Than Wrong......Page 90
Technical Meritocracy......Page 91
Learning to Love the Warts......Page 92
Self-Correcting Community......Page 94
Why Some People Will Hate This Book......Page 98
GNU/Linux and Truth......Page 99
The Truth Shall Set You Free......Page 100
Classic FUD......Page 102
New FUD......Page 104
FUD Now and Forever......Page 112
PART I I I EMBRACING THE INSANITY: JOINING THE FRAY......Page 114
Coopetition and Real Intellectual Property......Page 116
Coopetition as an Potential Industry Standard......Page 124
The Leaders......Page 128
The Distributions......Page 130
The Reference Sites and Repositories......Page 133
The Watering Holes......Page 134
The Online Media......Page 135
The Development Facilitators......Page 137
The Online Stores......Page 138
The Software Developers......Page 139
The Other Businesses......Page 140
The Projects......Page 141
The Organizations......Page 143
The Lighter Side......Page 144
And More to Come…......Page 145
Forget Business as Usual......Page 146
More Traps to Avoid......Page 152
From Negative to Positive......Page 156
Managers’ Issues Regarding Participation in Open Source......Page 158
Contributor’s Issues Regarding Open Source......Page 170
Get Involved......Page 172
Licensing Issues to Avoid......Page 174
License Types: The Good, the Bad, and the Viral......Page 176
Existing Open Source Licenses......Page 178
Not-Quite-Open Source Licenses......Page 185
INDEX......Page 186