Ask HN: Best reads about open source movement/philosophy?

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I'm looking for the best books, articles, essays, films (?) about OSS: its philosophy, history, and so on.

Eric Raymond's The Cathedral and The Bazaar is probably the most famous piece of open source evangelism out there. You can buy it on amazon or read it on his website: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-...

Apparently there's some debate over whether or not his ideas are really that great, though. I actually found this site just a few minutes ago from I-dont-remember-where-now by stumbling onto DonHopkins' criticisms: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7608563

"Free for all" is fabulous book...

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