# Open source software in the commercial world

DevFeed: [Open source software in the commercial world](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-source-software-in-the-commercial-world-40727.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/open-source-in-the-commercial-world/>)

Published: 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Digital Public Good](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-public-goods.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article examines how software evolved from proprietary source code treated as a core business asset toward open-source collaboration. It discusses programmers' need to inspect and learn from code, user concerns about software behavior, the influence of Richard Stallman and GNU, and the potential business benefits of collaborating on technology.

## Source excerpt

Crazy hippies and evil corporations