>Theories generated from within the
>F/OSS community (e.g., Eric Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar) have
>focused instead on the uniqueness of hacker culture.
I don't think that is an accurate description of Eric Raymond's work.
His description of the the norms of the Open Source movement points
out how they parallel the treatment of real property in the common
law (see "Homesteading the Noosphere," webbed on his site). In
another piece ("The Magic Cauldron") he discusses business plans for
making money out of Open Source.
Academics, at least, should be skeptical of the claim that Open
Source depends on the uniqueness of hacker culture, given how closely
it parallels the way in which academics produce their (non-teaching)
output.
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David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
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http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
