Open Source: Is It Just One Big Hack?

Overview

A new phenomenon of Open Source Movement and Free Software has brought about a new revolution in the developer community. The latest buzz word in this field seems to be Open Source and almost everybody seems to be propagating the idea. This paper first gives an introduction as to what exactly constitutes the Open Source and Free Software Movement, and the various development and Economic Models of the Open Source Movement. The paper states that whole GNU project is really one big hack, one big act of subversive playful cleverness to change the society for "better".