Homesteading the Noosphere
Homesteading the Noosphere (abbreviated
HtN), an
essay written by
Eric S. Raymond about the social workings of
open source software development, follows his influential piece "
The Cathedral and the Bazaar".The essay concerns issues of
project ownership and transfer, as well as investigating possible
anthropological roots of the
gift culture in open source as contrasted with the exchange culture of
closed source software. Raymond also investigates the nature of the spread of open source into the untamed frontier of ideas he terms the
noosphere, postulating that projects that are too far ahead of their time fail because they are too far out in the wilderness, and that successful projects are somewhat related to existing projects.Raymond delves deeply into the contrast between the stated aims of open source and observed behaviors, and also explores the underlying motivations of people involved in the open source movement. He seems to settle on the idea that striving for a great
reputation within the 'tribe' is a key motivational feature.
References
- BOOK, Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar, O'Reilly, Homesteading the Noosphere, 1999, hardcover ISBN 1-56592-724-9, October 1999; paperback ISBN 0-596-00108-8, January 2001, — also includes "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", "The Magic Cauldron" and "Revenge of the Hackers"
External links
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