Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
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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 essay
s written by luminaries of the open source
and free software movement
s. 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.
First Edition published in January 1999, ISBN 1-56592-582-3.
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.
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
. It is an anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
of essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s written by luminaries of the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
and free software movement
Free software movement
The free software movement is a social and political movement with the goal of ensuring software users' four basic freedoms: the freedom to run their software, to study and change their software, and to redistribute copies with or without changes. The alternative terms "software libre", "open...
s. The essays variously chronicle aspects of free software history
History of free software
This is a timeline-style look at how free and open-source software has evolved and existed from its inception.The phrase "free software" refers to software that is liberally licensed, allowing the end user more freedoms than conventional-software licences. This is not to be confused with software...
, describe various philosophical positions, or sketch groups important to the movements.
The book is edited by Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona is the open source and public sector engineering manager at Google. His team oversees license compliance and supports the open source developer community through programs such as the Google Summer of Code and through the release of open source software projects and patches on Google...
, Sam Ockman and Mark Stone
Mark Stone
Mark Stone may refer to:* Mark Stone , baritone* Mark Stone , bass guitarist for "Mammoth", 1972–1974* Mark Stone , fictional character* Mark Kennedy , also known as Mark Stone...
.
The essays contained were written by
Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona
Chris DiBona is the open source and public sector engineering manager at Google. His team oversees license compliance and supports the open source developer community through programs such as the Google Summer of Code and through the release of open source software projects and patches on Google...
,
Sam Ockman,
Mark Stone
Mark Stone
Mark Stone may refer to:* Mark Stone , baritone* Mark Stone , bass guitarist for "Mammoth", 1972–1974* Mark Stone , fictional character* Mark Kennedy , also known as Mark Stone...
,
Brian Behlendorf
Brian Behlendorf
Brian Behlendorf is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Group, which later became the Apache...
,
Scott Bradner
Scott Bradner
Scott Bradner is a senior figure in the area of Internet governance. He serves as the secretary to the Internet Society and was formerly a trustee. He is on the board of ARIN, the North American IP address registry. He has also held numerous senior leadership roles on the Internet Engineering Task...
,
Jim Hamerly,
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Marshall Kirk McKusick is a computer scientist, known for his extensive work on BSD, from the 1980s to FreeBSD in the present day. He was president of the USENIX Association from 1990 to 1992 and again from 2002 to 2004, and still serves on the board. He is also on the editorial board of...
,
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media and a supporter of the free software and open source movements.-Life and career:...
,
Tom Paquin,
Bruce Perens
Bruce Perens
Bruce Perens is a computer programmer and advocate in the open source community. He created the Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric S...
,
Eric Raymond,
Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman
Richard Matthew Stallman , often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"|last= Stallman|first= Richard|date= N.D.|work=Richard Stallman's homepage...
,
Michael Tiemann
Michael Tiemann
Michael Tiemann is Vice President of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat Inc, as well as President of the Open Source Initiative. He previously was the Chief Technical Officer of Red Hat...
,
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator...
,
Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie is an American Internet pioneer, the author of several RFCs and well-known Unix software.Vixie attended George Washington High School in San Francisco, California. He received a Ph.D in computer science from Keio University in 2011....
,
Larry Wall
Larry Wall
Larry Wall is a programmer and author, most widely known for his creation of the Perl programming language in 1987.-Education:Wall earned his bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University in 1976....
, and
Bob Young.
First Edition published in January 1999, ISBN 1-56592-582-3.
The book is open source itself, published under a free license
Free license
A free license is a license which grants recipients rights to modify and redistribute the software or the content, which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright law.* Free software licence* Free content 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.