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Open Source Software

In this essay, I explore what open source software is and contrast it with exisiting closed source software. Could open source be used for the development of all software and is it possible to generate money from something that is essentially free?

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• The Open Source Definition.
  
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
• Life or Death Software.
• Lessons From Open-Source Software Development.
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
• Computer programming. Hackers rule.
  The Economist
• Netscape Communicator Open Source Code White Paper.
• XEmacs Internals Manual - A History of Emacs.
• The Halloween Documents.
• Africam.
• Mozilla.

Keywords: Open Source, Software, Essay, Closed Source, Linux, Cathedral, Bazaar, Pros, Cons, Problems, Mozilla