The essay by Eric Raymond "Cathedral and Bazaar" and the movie "Revolution OS" are quite interesting. I didn't realize that people are willing to work hard and passionately for software that they will never see a dime from.
I don't believe that we would be under the rule of Microsoft right now if was not for Richard Stallman creating the GNU license or Linus Torvalds for creating Linux. Some one, some where would of realized the same things and created such a license or Operating System.
I do agree that how software is being made has changed. No longer is it a small team working hard to release poorly documented and tested software but people from all around the world working together to develop, patch, and release well documented and tested software.
I'm excited to see where this community will take us or how it will evolve.
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