An excellent distillation of the social aspects of open source development:
The Pro-Am Revolution ... "From astronomy to activism, from surfing to saving lives, Pro-Ams - people pursuing amateur activities to professional standards - are an increasingly important part of our society and economy. For Pro-Ams, leisure is not passive consumerism but active and participatory, it involves the deployment of publicly accredited knowledge and skills, often built up over a long career, which has involved sacrifices and frustrations." http://www.demos.co.uk/catalogue/proameconomy/ -- Tim Cook, FOSS for Healthcare TAPAS - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tap-apps/ EGADSS - http://www.egadss.org NSMobile - http://www.nsmobile.org TORCH - https://sourceforge.net/projects/op-torch/
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