“Eric S. Raymond came to Japan to speak at several places in
Tokyo and Kyoto. We had a chance to have an interview with him at
Kyoto Sangyo University on May 28…”
“Here’s an excerpt:
“ChangeLog: When will your next paper “The Magic Cauldron” come
out?
“ESR: In only a few weeks. As a matter of fact, I have what I
think will be the final version on my computer. So it will come out
in a few weeks.
“ChangeLog: I heard that the paper discusses about how a company
can benefit by making its software an open source software, without
selling it directly.
“ESR: It includes that, but it’s not the only thing in it. But
it includes those ideas.
“One of the things that I identify in that paper is the eight
business models. For six of which we have real world examples which
permit you to make actual profits from open source software, so
yes, I do talk about that, but that’s not the only thing in the
paper.”