Re: Cathedrals - was Re: Free software book?

Jon Grant wrote:

> But they are public development projects... My understanding of the
> Cathedral bit was that it also indicated a closed project like GCC
> used to be.. (did I get that right?) and XFree86 was (do any OSs still
> use XFree86 !?)

The bazaar model doesn't capture "benevolent dictator" projects. Nor 
does "commons based peer production" for that matter. Scratching an itch 
is all well and good but itches tend to be caused by environmental 
factors, and sometimes you're better off inventing antihistamines.

If we accept that someone is running the bazaar it becomes less of a 
robust individualist fantasy.

- Rob.