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| Open-source software: Open-source software is software with its source code made publicly available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. This open collaboration fosters transparency, innovation, and rapid bug fixing. See also Software, Internet, Internet culture, Science, Progress, Innovation, Cooperation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Clay Shirky on Open Source Software - Dictionary of Arguments
I 245 Open Source Software/Shirky: Because open source software is based on peer production, work on it can be much more experimental and cost effective. Companies cannot afford it. Why? Open systems reduce the cost of failure, they do not create tendencies towards predictable but suboptimal solutions and they make it easier to integrate contributions coming from people who only make this single contribution. --- I 246 Open Source does not reduce the possibilities of failure, but rather the costs that failure causes. This corresponds to the pattern "Publish first, then filter". (See Wikipedia/Shirky)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Shirky I Clay Shirky Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations New York 2009 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28