A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.


The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (ed. 2001)


A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and...

A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and...

A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and...

A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and...