Os Development

What is Open Source Development

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A cryptic outline of the discussion:

• about relationships
• community in terms of social communication (eg. irc)
• opportunity for people and software for growth (though this isn't just for OS)
• successes are shared - one helps another, it helps overall
• viral?
• monopoly in knowledge/code?
• longevity in code. if the original coder stops, someone else can continue.
• relationships in communication
• danger if ppl don't continue and knowledge disappears.
• inherited their code, bound by license - open because of procedure sake, but in reality, not open for contributions.
• all about licensing perhaps?
• relaxed way for entry/contribution.
• knowledge in community. you may be the smartest person and do not want to share code, someone in the overall community may be able to carry on in the same way or not.
• AND and not OR. You need will (from people) AND the environment to succeed.
• the need for passion and energy to do it
• learning process - puts yourself into situations that we never expected, or know where to start
• personal development and technology development grows together
• chaotic - like bazaar. there's no one standard way of doing it.
• resource level? where's the balance of when a question should be asked or should be researched?
• the community is not there. lots of subcultures, segregations. A does it, B needs something, so they fork it and maintain that they are different/better?
• pressured to adapt to a community way of doing things - e.g code format
• may be about community, but also individual way of doing things.