Difference between revisions of "Open Source Gospel Project"
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+ | • Free as in Freedom | ||
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+ | • Soft Security vs. Hard Security | ||
+ | • Benevolent Dictator For Life | ||
+ | • Forking a Project (reform & reconciliation) | ||
+ | • Viral Copyleft (great commision) | ||
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==Free Software Methodists, Open Source Baptists & FLOSS Presbyterians== | ==Free Software Methodists, Open Source Baptists & FLOSS Presbyterians== | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 28 February 2009
Outline
• Free as in Freedom • Code as Architecture • The Cathedral and the Bazaar • Soft Security vs. Hard Security • Benevolent Dictator For Life • Forking a Project (reform & reconciliation) • Viral Copyleft (great commision)
Free Software Methodists, Open Source Baptists & FLOSS Presbyterians
I remember the first time I read the wikipedia entry for "emerging church." It was well written, balanced and thoughtful, and I was excited about the passion and harmony reflected among the words. And then I clicked on the link to the discussion page.
Contributors were squabbling over word choice, calling each other ugly names, threatening to erase each other's work, and generally making a huge deal about a 1,000 word encyclopedia article. And I thought, "Ahhh. Finally, here is the church I know.
Things aren't so different in open-source culture. In fact, the name "open source" is probably one of the longest running disputes and dividing lines. Coined in 1998 by ___, it was a deliberate break from the older term "Free Software."