Another enjoyable day. I am almost finished reading The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

• FSF - Free Software Foundation
• GPL - General Public License
• Open Source Definition ( http://www.opensource.org )
• it is quite clear that the society of open-source hackers is a gift culture. (p. 99)
• the pure joy of craftsmanship is the primary motivation (p. 100)
• this is the theme that I would like to address in the development of web-based instruction. It is not just hackers that appreciate craftsmanship. Craftsmanship is at the heart of good pedagogy. I must write this paper soon!
• the 'craftsmanship' motivation itself may not be psychologically as far removed from the reputation game as we might like to assume.
• the hacker culture consciously distrusts and despises egotism and ego-based motivations; self-promotion tends to be mercilessly criticized.
• In the hacker community one's work is one's statement (the best craftsmanship wins)
• the fact that a bug has been fixed is generally considered more important than the fact that one used to be there.
• GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org )
• KDE ( http://www.kde.org )
• GNOME ( http://www.gnome.org )
• the 'craftmanship' model - "protecting a craftsman's right to execute his vision in his chosen way".
• there is a large body of psychological studies on the interaction between art and reward.
• the more complex the activity, the more it's hurt by extrinsic reward
• it's probably smarter to decouple salary from performance in a programming shop and let people choose their own projects. This brings to mind the way we do school - just substitute marks for money.
• to the extent one's experience of being self-determined is limited, one's creativity will be reduced as well.
• Apache web servers survey
• sendmail routes more than 80% of all email messages
• Linux

I have some work to do to become more familiar with these developments.