open source software

Open-source software starts from a completely different viewpoint of how products should be created. Rather than the building of a cathedral where everyone has their own clearly defined role and are instructed by a central pre-determined figure how to proceed, open-source software development is like a bazaar where everyone is engaged in the same activity but come at it from all sorts of directions and create a cacophony out of which a more fluid product emerges.
Would you choose open source software in order to encourage its use?
 
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