"In contrast to commercial software is a large and growing body of free software that exists in the public domain | |
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University: 34—42 | the term "free" is very ambiguous |
] Since everybody has access to source code, many routines have not only been used but dramatically improved by other programmers | Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code |
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The problem with it is twofold |
Public-domain software is written by microcomputer hobbyists also known as "hackers" many of whom are professional programmers in their work life.
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