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= Open_Sources =
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Introduction
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'Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution' is a book
published by O'Reilly Media. It is an anthology of essays written by
luminaries of the open source and free software movements. The essays
variously chronicle aspects of free software history, describe various
philosophical positions, or sketch groups important to the movements.
The book is edited by Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman and Mark Stone.
The essays contained were written by:
Chris DiBona,
Sam Ockman,
Mark Stone,
Brian Behlendorf,
Scott Bradner,
Jim Hamerly,
Marshall Kirk McKusick,
Tim O'Reilly,
Tom Paquin,
Bruce Perens,
Eric Raymond,
Richard Stallman,
Michael Tiemann,
Linus Torvalds,
Paul Vixie,
Larry Wall, and
Bob Young.
The book is open source itself, published under a free license.
Printed copies can be purchased, but the book is also available in its
entirety for free online reading at the publisher's web site. Its
sequel is similarly licensed, and has been made available through
archive.org.
'Open Sources' has been required or recommended reading for a number
of higher education courses.
See also
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* Open Sources 2.0
External links
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* [
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html Official
site and full text]
* [
https://archive.org/details/opensources2.000diborich 'Open Sources
2.0' full text]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sources
