The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary is an essay, and later a book, by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail - wikipedia

The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Book by Eric S. Raymond - wikimedia.org

It examines the struggle between top-down and bottom-up design. The essay was first presented by the author at the Linux Kongress on May 27, 1997 in Würzburg (Germany) and was published as part of the book in 1999.

Raymond points to 19 "lessons" learned from various software development efforts, each describing attributes associated with good practice in open source software development - wikipedia

Raymond points to 19 "lessons" learned from various software development efforts, each describing attributes associated with good practice in open source software development - wikipedia

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