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The Magic Cauldron
Abstract
This paper analyzes the economics of open-source software. It includes some explosion of common myths about software production economics, a game-theoretical account of why open-source cooperation is stable, and a taxonomy of open-source business models.
Speaker Bio
Eric S. Raymond is a wandering anthropologist and troublemaking philosopher who happened to be in the right place at the right time, and has been wondering whether he should regret it ever since.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {271482,
author = {Eric S. Raymond},
title = {The Magic Cauldron},
booktitle = {3rd Annual Linux Showcase \& Conference (ALS 1999)},
year = {1999},
address = {Atlanta, GA },
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/als-1999/magic-cauldron},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}
author = {Eric S. Raymond},
title = {The Magic Cauldron},
booktitle = {3rd Annual Linux Showcase \& Conference (ALS 1999)},
year = {1999},
address = {Atlanta, GA },
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/als-1999/magic-cauldron},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}