Table of Contents
Introduction.
I. ORIGINS OF OPEN SOURCE: HAS THE WORLD GONE
MAD?
1. What's Going On Here?
What Does “Internet Speed” Really Mean?You Can't Be Serious?The
Open Source Way. Communication and Its Impact on Software.The
Advent of Bidirectional Communication. Pulling Harmony from the
Jaws of Chaos. On the Cover of the Rolling Stone?The Discovery of
Joy.Declaration of Independence. Learning From The Best,
Continually. Let the Best Code Win.The Course of the River Has
Changed.
2. How Did All This Start?
Once upon a Time in New Jersey... The Apostle of Freedom. GNU and
You. The Helsinki Connection. Open Source Versus Free Software. But
Wait...There's More!An Open Network. An Indian on the Warpath. The
Birth and Resurrection of X. A Daemon Awakes. The Postman
Knocks. The Distributions are Born.What Next?
3. Why Should
I Care?
From Cost Center to Profit Center. The Essential Disruptive
Technology.Disruption: A New Way of Thinking About Desktop PCs.
Disruption: A New Way of Developing Software. Disruption: A New Way
of Owning Software. Disruption: A New Way of Influencing Software.
Disruption: A New Means of Support. Disruption: A New Way of
Educating Technical People. Disruption: Beowulf and a New Way of
Solving Problems. Disruption: Freedom.
II. EXPLORING THE ROOTS OF THE INSANITY.
4. The Key to Many Things: Understanding Geek
Culture.
What Is a “Geek”? Geeks Dripping with Culture. From Kicked Dog to
Top Dog: The Rise of Self-Esteem.A New Plant with Old
Roots.Ingredients for Making Geek Soup.The Whole Truth and Nothing
But the Truth. It's Not Who You Know, It's What You Do. The Fame
Game. Freedom to Choose. Open Source Requires Open Mouths. Let
Freedom Ring. These Uncivilized Brutes.Why Geek Culture Is the Key
to Many Things. The Geeks Are Knocking at the
Door.
5. Community, Not Communism.
Size Really Does Matter. It Is Good to Work, But It Is Better to
Grow.Open Development Cycle. Open Development Team. Let the Best
Code Win. Fast Turnaround. Open Praise. Simple Philosophy. Fun.
Soup Is On!A Community That Explodes the Myth of the Anti-Social
Geek.The Rise of Geek Speaking.The Meaning of Beer. The Necessity
of Community.
6. Primary Community Value: Truth.
Better Raw Than Wrong. Technical Meritocracy. Learning to Love the
Warts. Self-Correcting Community.Self-Correcting Code.
Self-Correcting News. Self-Correcting Opinions. Self-Correcting
Rumors. Self-Correcting of Trolls.Why Some People Will Hate This
Book. GNU/Linux and Truth. The Truth Shall Set You
Free.
7. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
Classic FUD.Open Source = Hacker Toys. Open Source = Written by
Amateurs and Kids. Open Source = Shareware. Open Source = Old
Technology. Open Source = Unsupported Software. Open Source =
Insecure.New FUD.Open Source = Uncertain Future. Open Source =
Increased Risk. Open Source = Difficult to Use. Open Source =
Difficult to Install. Open Source = Fragmentation. Open Source
Lacks Innovation. Open Source and Brook's Law.FUD Now and Forever.
III. EMBRACING THE INSANITY: JOINING THE FRAY.
8. Cooperate with the Competition? Are You Nuts?
Coopetition and Real Intellectual Property.Real Intellectual
Property. Misunderstanding Intellectual Property. Sharing Code
Increases Real Value to the Corporation. Defining Coopetition. The
Open-Source Advantage.Coopetition as an Potential Industry
Standard.
9. The Players: Who Does What and Why.
The Leaders.Alan Cox. Jon “maddog” Hall. Bruce Perens. Eric S.
Raymond. Richard M. Stallman. Linus Torvalds.The
Distributions.Caldera OpenLinux (www.calderasystems.com). Corel
Linux (linux.corel.com). Debian GNU/Linux (debian.org). FreeBSD
(freebsd.org). Linux PPC (linuxppc.org). Linux-Mandrake
(linux-mandrake.com). NetBSD (www.netbsd.org). OpenBSD
(openbsd.org). Red Hat Linux (www.redhat.com). Slackware Linux
(www.slackware.org). Storm Linux (stormlinux.com). SuSE Linux
(suse.com). TurboLinux (turbolinux.com). Yellow Dog Linux
(yellowdoglinux.org).The Reference Sites and Repositories.Freshmeat
(freshmeat.net). Kernelnotes (kernelnotes.org). Linux.com
(linux.com). Linux.org (linux.org). LinuxApps (linuxapps.com).
Linuxresources (linuxresources.com).The Watering Holes.Slashdot
(slashdot.org). Linux Today (linuxtoday.com). OS Opinion
(osopinion.com).The Online Media.Apache Today (apachetoday.com).
BSD Today (bsdtoday.com). Linux Orbit (linuxorbit.com). LinuxPlanet
(linuxplanet.com). LinuxPR (linuxpr.com). The Linux Show
(thelinuxshow.com). Linux Today (linuxtoday.com). Linux Weekly News
(lwn.net). LinuxWorld (linuxworld.com). RadioWallStreet's Linux
League (radiowallstreet.com). Slashdot (slashdot.org). Technocrat
(technocrat.net). WideOpen News (wideopen.com).Magazines.Linux
Journal. Linux Magazine. Maximum Linux. Open Magazine.The
Development Facilitators.Collab.net (collab.net). Cosource
(cosource.com). SourceForge (sourceforge.net).The Online
Stores.Cheapbytes (cheapbytes.com). Copyleft (copyleft.net). Linux
Central (linuxcentral.com). LinuxMall (linuxmall.com). Linux
Systems Labs (lsl.com).The Systems Vendors.Atipa Linux Solutions
(atipa.com). Penguin Computing (penguincomputing.com). VA Linux
Systems (valinux.com).The Software Developers.HelixCode
(helixcode.com). Lutris Technologies (lutris.com). OpenSales
(opensales.com). Sendmail (sendmail.com).The Other Businesses.Open
Source Development Network (formerly Andover.net). International
Data Group (IDG; Media Company). Internet.com (Online Media
Company). Linuxcare (Support and Services Company). O'Reilly (books
and conferences).The Projects.Apache. FreeBSD. GNOME. GNU. KDE.
Linux. MySQL, PostgreSQL. Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl/Tk. Samba.
Wine.The Organizations.Apache Foundation (apache.org). Free
Software Foundation (www.fsf.org). Linux Documentation Project
(linuxdoc.org). Linux International (li.org). Linux Professional
Institute (lpi.org). Linux Standard Base (www.linuxbase.org). Linux
Speaker's Bureau (linuxresources.com). Open Source Initiative
(opensource.org). Software in the Public Interest
(www.spi-inc.org).The Lighter Side.After Y2K (geekculture.com).
Segfault (segfault.org). User Friendly (userfriendly.org).And More
to Come...
10. The Potholes: What to Avoid.
Forget Business as Usual.Forget About Demanding Your Own Way.
Forget Fluffy, Empty Management Speeches. Forget About Fudging
Facts. Forget About Marketing that Alienates the Community. Forget
About Pushing Hype Rather than Real Value. Forget About Taking More
than You Give.More Traps to Avoid.Do Not Open Your Mouth Until You
Have Done Your Research. Do Not Fight Wars Not Worth Fighting. Do
Not Upset Developers Who Do Not Work for You. Do Not Tread on Other
People's Intellectual Property. Do Not Discourage Hard Questions.
Do Not Mistake Revenue for Market Share. Do Not Accept All Market
Analyst Reports at Face Value. Do Not Mistake Freedom for Lack of
Cost.From Negative to Positive.
11. The Primer: What To
Do.
Managers' Issues Regarding Participation in Open Source.Attracting
and Retaining Talent. What Gets Opened? And What Stays Closed? What
Else Do I Need to Consider?Contributor's Issues Regarding Open
Source.Learn to Find Information. Learn to Find Software. Learn to
Find Projects in Need of Help. Learn to Do Advocacy. Learn to Write
Articles. Learn to Write Documentation.Get
Involved.
12. Licenses, Licenses, Licenses!
Licensing Issues to Avoid.Open Source Is Not Shareware. Open Source
Is Not Freeware. Open Source Is Not Public Domain. Patents and
Pain.License Types: The Good, the Bad, and the Viral.The Good: Four
Essential Freedoms. The Bad: Non-Free or Partially Free Licensing.
The Viral. Role of the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software
Foundation. Lone Rangers Are a Last Resort.Existing Open Source
Licenses.GNU General Public License, Version 2 (a.k.a. Copyleft or
GPL). GNU Library General Public License (LGPL). 4.4BSD Copyright.
Q Public License Version 1 (QPL). Artistic License. Aladdin Free
Public License. Python License. IBM Public License Version
1.0. Mozilla Public License Version 1.0. X Window System
License X11R6.4. Apache License.Not-Quite-Open Source
Licenses.
Index.Promotional Information
In this book, you will learn where the Open Source movement comes
from and what motivates its adherents. You will be introduced to
the culture that fuels the movement, as well as the personalities
and organizations that promote its growth. You will also understand
the strengths of the Open Source movement and how it changes the
way in which software is written. In addition, people and
organizations wishing to participate in the Open Source world will
be given a guide regarding what to do - and what not to do - and
why. You do not need to be a technical wizard to read this book. It
does not matter if you are an IT manager, a programmer, or just
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will peel away the mystery and misunderstandings surrounding the
Open Source movement.
About the Author
Russell Pavlicek labeled by IBM, as an Open Source
"advocacy guru" is a 20-year computer industry veteran. He is a
regular speaker at Linux conferences; including LinuxWorld, Linux
Expo, Linux for Suits, and the Bazaar, and has written several
articles on Linux, and is often quoted in articles dealing with the
subject of Open Source. In his day job, Russell is the Linux/Open
Source advocate at Compaq Corporation. He is widely respected for
his dual perspective of technologist and business strategist.