Sep 25 - Open-Source

NEW ECONOMIES > OPEN-SOURCE / GIFT ECONOMIES

due:
Research Proposal
(each member of your peer review team receives a copy)

readings:
Pekka Himanen, "The Academy and the Monastery" [PDF]

Malcolm Gladwell, "The Science of the Sleeper" [PDF]

optional:
Eric Raymond
The Cathedral and the Bazaar [link]

Nikolai Bezroukov critiques Eric Raymond
Open Source Software Development [link]

Eric Raymond responds to Nikolai Bezroukov
A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov [link]

links:
Open Source
Open Cola
The Halloween Documents
Free speech, not free beer
Open Source DNA
Human Genome Project
MIT Open Course Ware

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Malcolm_Gladwell_The_Science_of_the_Sleeper.pdf248.31 KB
Pekka_Himanen_The_Hacker_Ethic_Ch4.pdf1.57 MB