Talk:Free and open-source software

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This 'discussion page' is currently used to hold notes for the development of this website (however it can still be used for discussion)

Google, Amazon etc. built upon opensource

Panel on why people contribute - perhaps shared with collaborative design section

The amazing complexity of some these projects

Wikimedia commons

Books

Creative commons etc.

Paragraph largely made redundant by the free riders section:

The fact that thousands of other people are able to make use of the software having put in no effort themselves and haven't paid any money simply isn't an issue - after all it effectively costs nothing to replicate the software and the open-source developers are only too happy that it is proving useful to a wider audience. It is truly maximizing it's utility.

Other software to list:

Mention that Google, ebay, amazon, internet are all based on free and open-source software - need to check facts

Explain that within a particular project there is control over who can submit code (i.e. not like wikipedia in that sense)

How everybody wins with open source: http://www.linux.com/feature/136123

BBC article by Stallman about Free software

Free and open-source software/What is so good about it?

Mythos about OS application development