[WikiEN-l] Pcw, cathedrals, and the bizarre

Wed Aug 25 17:32:58 UTC 2004

> From: Jens Ropers <ropers at ropersonline.com>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Dartmouth class project now on VFD

> Now maybe User:Pcw was 
> just a bit unfamiliar with the entire copyleft, open-source-philosophy, 
> Bazaar-and-Cathedral, Free Documentation and community collaboration 
> thing.

I couldn't stand the suspense so I emailed him, and pcw at flyzone.com confirms 
that he, Wikipedia User:Pcw, and the the Peter Wayner who wrote the books 
list at http://www.wayner.org/books are indeed, as I surmised, all the same 
person.

His book, "Free for All: How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut 
the High-Tech Titans" can be downloaded for free under a Creative Commons 
license. 

It is 351 pages long. 

A good deal of its subject matter is subtleties in the respective approaches 
of Richard M. Stallman and Eric S. Raymond. One index entry is:

"Cathedral and the Bazaar, The” (Raymond), 107–11, 112–13, 172, 221.

:-)