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Open source software development as a special type of academic research: Critique of vulgar Raymondism

Nikolai Bezroukov

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Eric Raymond's bazaar model provides a too simplistic view of the open source software (OSS) development process. This paper tries to explore links between open source software development and academic research as a better paradigm for OSS development. Open source software development should better be viewed as a special case of academic research. Viewing OSS this way probably can lead to a better understanding of open source phenomena.

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Key concepts: Open-source software development, Bazaar, Open source software, Open source, Computer science, Software development, Software, World Wide Web