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'''Open source''' is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]].

'''Open source''' is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]].

The open source model of operation can be extended to [[open source culture]] in [[decision making]], which allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial companies.<ref>[[Eric S. Raymond|Raymond, Eric S.]] ''[[The Cathedral and the Bazaar]]''. ed 3.0. 2000.</ref> Open source culture is one where collective [[decisions]] or [[fixation]]s are shared during development and made generally available in the [[public domain]], as done in [[Wikipedia]]. This collective approach moderates [[ethical]] concerns over a "conflict of roles" or [[conflict of interest]]. Participants in such a culture are able to modify the collective outcomes and share them with the community. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical [[Strategy|strategic]] element of their [[business operations|operations]].

The open source model of operation can be extended to [[open source culture]] in [[decision making]], which allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial companies. [[Eric S. Raymond|Raymond, Eric S.]] ''[[The Cathedral and the Bazaar]]''. ed 3.0. 2000. Open source culture is one where collective [[decisions]] or [[fixation]]s are shared during development and made generally available in the [[public domain]], as done in [[Wikipedia]]. This collective approach moderates [[ethical]] concerns over a "conflict of roles" or [[conflict of interest]]. Participants in such a culture are able to modify the collective outcomes and share them with the community. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical [[Strategy|strategic]] element of their [[business operations|operations]].

Before the term ''open source'' became popular, developers and producers used various phrases to describe the concept; the term gained popularity with the rise of the [[Internet]] which enabled diverse production models, communication paths and interactive communities.<ref>The complexity of such communication relates to [[Brooks' law]], and is described by [[Eric S. Raymond]], "Brooks predicts that as your number of programmers N rises, work performed scales as N but complexity and vulnerability to bugs rises as N-squared. N-squared tracks the number of communications paths (and potential code interfaces) between developers' code bases." —[http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-revenge.html "The Revenge of the Hackers"]. 2000.</ref> Later, [[open source software]] became the most prominent face of open source practices.

Before the term ''open source'' became popular, developers and producers used various phrases to describe the concept; the term gained popularity with the rise of the [[Internet]] which enabled diverse production models, communication paths and interactive communities. The complexity of such communication relates to [[Brooks' law]], and is described by [[Eric S. Raymond]], "Brooks predicts that as your number of programmers N rises, work performed scales as N but complexity and vulnerability to bugs rises as N-squared. N-squared tracks the number of communications paths (and potential code interfaces) between developers' code bases." —[http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-revenge.html "The Revenge of the Hackers"]. 2000. Later, [[open source software]] became the most prominent face of open source practices.

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