1 Introduction 2 A brief explanation of open-source software development 3 Community-developed and continually-improved models 3.1 Incremental and cheaply-communicable updates 3.2 Merging models 3.3 Vetting community contributions 3.4 Versioning and backward compatibility 3.5 Modularity and distribution 4 An example future 5 Conclusion
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Dirk Riehle, dirk@riehle.org, Published in Computer vol. 54, no. 12 (December 2021), pp. 99-103. Abstract This article defines and discusses one particular commercial open source business model, ca…
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