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English | 2026 | ISBN: B0GDGKM18M | 388 pages | true epub PDF | 8 MB
What started as a legal framework to guarantee the freedom to copy, modify, and share software has grown into something far bigger: a billion-dollar ecosystem powered by collective intelligence and work. Open source has moved beyond code to become a cultural phenomenon that operates through collaboration, remix, and the continuous negotiation between individual agency and shared responsibility.
Yet beneath this success story lies a more complicated reality. Who gets to participate and make decisions? Whose voices shape the standards that guide our technological future? And how do we reconcile the idealistic promise of open collaboration with the persistent inequities that mirror broader societal divisions?