Reference
Eric S. Raymond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is the author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and the present maintainer of the "Jargon File" (also known as "The New Hacker's Dictionary"). Though the Jargon File established his original reputation as a historian/anthropologist of the hacker culture, after 1997 he became a leading figure in the open source movement, and is today one of its most famous (and controversial) characters. ..."
"Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is the author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and the present maintainer of the "Jargon File" (also known as "The New Hacker's Dictionary"). Though the Jargon File established his original reputation as a historian/anthropologist of the hacker culture, after 1997 he became a leading figure in the open source movement, and is today one of its most famous (and controversial) characters. ..."
Web Pages
Eric Raymond - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government
Advocates for Self-Government
Writings
On Socially Responsible Programming, 2 Oct 1999
Related Topic: Bill of Rights
"If we want to be socially responsible programmers, our first duty is to defend and expand liberty — to defend, in particular, the individual freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights."
Related Topic: Bill of Rights
"If we want to be socially responsible programmers, our first duty is to defend and expand liberty — to defend, in particular, the individual freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights."
Interviews
LWN: Eric Raymond interview, by Maya Tamiya, Linux Weekly News, 10 Dec 2000
"... it's been true, at least for me, that every time I have concentrated on what I really loved, every time I have done what I really cared about, the money has come. Somehow. ... If you're good at thinking, you will tend to choose the fields where being able to think well is necessary. Mathematics and philosophy are like that."
"... it's been true, at least for me, that every time I have concentrated on what I really loved, every time I have done what I really cared about, the money has come. Somehow. ... If you're good at thinking, you will tend to choose the fields where being able to think well is necessary. Mathematics and philosophy are like that."