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Introduction
Principles
Geopolitics of Software Industry
History
"Sociology" of the movement
+Who's participating
How is free software developped
Free Software movement
Open Source movement
Legal considerations
Choosing Free/OpenSource software
Why address this question in classes at INT
Miscelleanous
Appendices
  

Who's participating

Volunteers

  • sometimes on a really isolated and very singular way (lonely enthusiast, small teams)

  • sometimes organised in non-profit associations and foundations (Apache, GNU project, etc.)

Companies

Not a single way to participate :

  • usind, testing, filing bug reports

  • supporting others (forums, lists, etc.)

  • coding

  • doing business

  • etc.

Sometimes, interacting with Free Software communities requires a new attitude : adapting to the hacker community's laws and codes
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