This essay was improved by conversations with a large number of people who helped debug it. I’m grateful to the members of PLUG for providing the first test audience for the first public version of this essay. Linus Torvalds’s comments were helpful and his early endorsement of the essay was very encouraging. The social organization of the hacker culture mirrors the organization of its software, and vice-versa. I’m also grateful for the support of the community who helped me develop the analysis that proceeds from it.”]
Source: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s16.html