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The Success of Open Source

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Much of the innovative programming that powers the Internet, creates operating systems, and produces software is the result of “open source” code, that is, code that is freely distributed―as opposed to being kept secret―by those who write it. Leaving source code open has generated some of the most sophisticated developments in computer technology, including, most notably, Linux and Apache, which pose a significant challenge to Microsoft in the marketplace. As Steven Weber discusses, open source’s success in a highly competitive industry has subverted many assumptions about how businesses are run, and how intellectual products are created and protected.

Traditionally, intellectual property law has allowed companies to control knowledge and has guarded the rights of the innovator, at the expense of industry-wide cooperation. In turn, engineers of new software code are richly rewarded; but, as Weber shows, in spite of the conventional wisdom that innovation is driven by the promise of individual and corporate wealth, ensuring the free distribution of code among computer programmers can empower a more effective process for building intellectual products. In the case of Open Source, independent programmers―sometimes hundreds or thousands of them―make unpaid contributions to software that develops organically, through trial and error.

Weber argues that the success of open source is not a freakish exception to economic principles. The open source community is guided by standards, rules, decisionmaking procedures, and sanctioning mechanisms. Weber explains the political and economic dynamics of this mysterious but important market development.

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  1. ISBN-10
    9780674018587
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    978-0674018587
  3. Publisher
    Harvard University Press
  4. Publication date
    October 31, 2005
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.8 x 9.21 inches
  7. Print length
    320 pages
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  • Nickymn
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great definition of what open source is all about
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2013
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    This is the first book that I have read about open source. In my opinion, it provides an easy to read synopsis of how open source collaboration in IT has greatly impacted the knowledge economy.
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  • Roy Massie
    5.0 out of 5 stars A landmark work on the Open Source movement
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2005
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    I am a commercial software developer/manager who has often wondered about the broader motivations and implications of the Open Source movement, which is permeating many large patches of my industry. I found this book incredibly helpful in giving me the background I needed to understand the various Open Source products and articles I encounter day to day. Although my background is technical, this book generally is not. Although some technical information is unavoidable, Weber does a great job of maintaining his position as a professional political scientist and an informed layman on software technology. It may seem strange for a political scientist to approach this subject, but it turns out to be very beneficial because of the skill he has in analyzing organizations, their cultural, governmental, economic and societal impact. This isn't really a political science book; it is deeply about Open Source. But, Weber did manage to get me a little more interested in political science too.

    Weber is a terrific writer. This is one of the best-organized, concisely written and cleanly reasoned books I have ever read. That said, this is not light reading; you will need to put your thinking cap on and think big thoughts with the author pretty frequently. This is exactly what I was looking for. There's plenty of shallow analysis out there concerning Open Source. What Weber provides is the cross-discipline perspective of a professional scholar who has studied Open Source carefully. I believe this book will prove useful to future historians when they want to understand the roots of Open Source, which, as Weber presents, could be very profound to our global economy and culture over decades to come.

    The first chapter cleanly outlines the goals and big questions of the book. It also provides a primer on some of the main themes and terms such as the nature of property, what "free" means, current progress/status of Open Source etc. This brief chapter helps those who are very new to Open Source and sketches the trajectory of the rest of the book; just what you expect from a professional scholar.

    Chapters Two through Four are about 30% of the book and chronicle the historic roots of Open Source (primarily the Unix community) through the past few decades of computing. The history comes right up to the present to show how what started as fits and spurts for decades, has now become the wildly successful realization of an unlikely vision; a phenomena in modern technological accomplishments. These chapters help the reader grasp the true vision of Open Source.

    Chapter Five gathers hard data from surveys and empirical data from the online transcripts of Open Source projects to dissect the individual motivations of Open Source developers. There is very little guesswork here. Some of the myths about why the developers do what they do are dismantled and replaced with more intelligent information about their intricate motivations. Although I am not an Open Source developer, I have been a software professional for twenty years and worked with hundreds of other developers. Weber's sketch of the Open Source developer is very believable and resonates with many individual developers I have known.

    Chapter Six studies the way the Open Source community, especially developers, organize themselves in various communities such as Linux, Apache and others. There are some good insights here for commercial teams to learn from.

    Chapter Seven unfolds many legal implications around property rights, business models and specific case studies such as Red Hat, Debian and many others. This is great information and a unique contribution that is hard to find summarized as it is here.

    Chapter Eight explores the long term potential for profound impact Open Source may have globally, politically and economically. There is also interesting analysis concerning how hierarchical organizations interface with networked (web) organizations. Finally, some suggestions for other fields of study that may copy the Open Source model are explored.

    I do not think you will find a more helpful analysis for the non-technical aspects of Open Source. If I could give this book seven stars, I would.
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  • shanshan1936
    5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly insightful overview of the meaning of Open Source
    Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2004
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    I sat down intending to write Steven Weber a fan letter. (I decided to say it to you all instead.) I loved this book. I have 11 other books on open source, I wanted to learn everything I could because it's such a fascinating phenomenon. I thought I might even write about it. Never mind. Nothing I could write could touch this brilliant work. I had to work to read it. His range of subject matter was incredible. He talked computers like a hacker. He talked licenses like a lawyer. He talked economics like a business man. He talked business models like an entrepeneur or Venture capital investor. He told the history of open source like he was one of the voices of the movement. This book tells the whole story. In fields or industries I didn't know well, I had to google some stuff to grasp the entire meaning.He doesn't baby you. But, I loved that. I learned so much, I'm still bubbling with excitement. The book took two or three times longer to read than normal. But, I didn't want it to end. I've read over a hundred books this year. I've written some myself. Until today, I've never written a review. This book showed me how a book should be written. If you are seriously interested in the extraordinary story of open source, buy this book.
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  • Megan S
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book I wish I had written
    Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2004
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    I love this book. It is the book I wish I had written. You can sometimes tell it's written by someone who is not really a software development "native", but the economics and the Big Picture collaboration/cooperation stuff is spot on (and that's the whole point of this book, so...). I put little sticky notes on some of the pages because they were so pleasant to re-read. I had the sense that I was experiencing little epiphanies - perhaps these were just as the author intended. Get this book if you want a high-level, Big Picture coverage of the impact of open source and an overview of the relevant historical developments. -megan
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    3.0 out of 5 stars The Success of Open Source
    Reviewed in Japan on December 7, 2004
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    この本は、所有権（property）について書かれています。誰（企業や、団体、個人など）が何を所有するのか、といったことだけではなく、所有権が企業やデジタル時代の生産性などの社会構造とどのように関連しているのかを、述べています。その際に、”Open Source”といった概念やそれに関連する組織がどのように出来上がり、どのように維持されているのか、また”Open Source”の長所や短所を整理して書かれいます。
    “Open Source”の代表例として、UNIXの歴史とLINUXの歴史に重点を置いて、詳細に述べられています。
    最終的に、Open Source の概念をソフトウェアなどのコンピュータプログラム開発を超えて、社会全般に当てはめています。情報を公開することで、貴重な知識や経験を共有することができ、また、単に経済的利害を超えた動機づけにより、純粋に発展を望む共有体によって、発展が促進される、といったことが、企業や病院での事象をもとに考察されています。
    社会学の見地から書かれた本であるので、抽象概念が多いため、内容を把握するのが多少困難であると思いました。
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  • Paul Arthorne
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book on Open Source
    Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2013
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    Many books on software or hardware are cut and paste from articles and other well known sources. This one is not like that. It has some real though put into the writing and real world examples and thoughts from some of the pioneers of the movement. Loved it.
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