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| Most open-source projects can get by with a less formal process,b
| ut company-sponsored projects probably should favor some form of
| voting -- for example, Apache -- rather than the benevolent-dictator
| model -- for example, Linux.
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| [...]
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| The open-source license gives anyone the right to experiment with the
| code, spurring innovations, some of which are returned to the community.
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| [...]
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| And open source encourages aggregation as the community evaluates
| innovation and chooses what to incorporate -- it may be an individualw
| ho is in charge of a particular module, or it could be a larger group
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| [...]
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| So the question is how to somehow harness the innovation that these
| other people are creating. Open source turns out to be an excellent
| way to do so.
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| [...]
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| The community contributes to the quality of the final product by reporting
| and fixing bugs, and by innovating.
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| [...]
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| Successful open-source projects are all about community. For larger
| projects, there are usually multiple communities, each with their own
| goals. For example, OpenOffice has separate communities based on
| people's native language (such as English, French, Chinese), on
| topics (such as marketing, helping users), and on development of
| the code.
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