Editing The Open Source Movement (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
The open source movement is understood through '''Transparency''' and '''Community'''.

'''1. The "Recipe" Metaphor''':
Proprietary software is like a "Secret Sauce" in a restaurant.
* You can "Eat" it (use the app), but you aren't allowed to "Look in the kitchen" or "Know the ingredients."
* Open Source is a "Public Recipe."
* Anyone can "Check" the ingredients for "Poison" (Bugs/Security flaws).
* Anyone can "Improve" the recipe ("Add more salt").
* This makes Open Source "More Secure" because "Millions of eyes" are watching the code.

'''2. Linus's Law''':
"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."
* In a company, you have 100 tired engineers.
* In Open Source, you have 1,000,000 engineers from every country.
* Problems that would take a company "Months" to find are often found and fixed by a volunteer in "Minutes."

'''3. The "Infinite" Building Blocks''':
Open source created a "Global Toolkit."
* If you want to build a "New App" today, you don't have to "Re-invent the wheel."
* You can use an open source "Database" (PostgreSQL), an open source "Web Server" (Nginx), and an open source "Language" (Python).
* This lowered the "Cost of Innovation" to zero, allowing "Startups" to compete with "Giants."

'''The 'Printer' Origin (1980)'''': Richard Stallman wanted to "Fix" a broken printer at MIT. He asked the company for the "Source Code" so he could change the "Paper Jam" logic. The company said "No." Stallman was so "Angry" at the idea that he wasn't allowed to "Fix his own tools" that he started the "Free Software Movement."
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