21. Version history
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I am solely responsible for what has gone into this paper, and any
errors or misconceptions. However, I have welcomed comments and
feedback and used them to improve the paper -- a process which I
do not expect to end at any predefined time.
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10 April 1998: Version 1.2 published on the Web.
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12 April 1998: Version 1.3. Typo fixes and responses to first round
of public comments. First four items in bibliography. An anonymously
contributed observation about reputation incentives operating even
when the craftsman is unaware of them. Added instructive contrasts
with warez d00dz, material on the `software should speak for itself'
premise, and observations on avoiding personality cults. As a result
of all these changes, the section on `The Problem of Ego' grew and
fissioned.
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16 April 1998: Version 1.7. New section on `Global implications'
discusses historical tends in the colonization of the noosphere, and
examines the `category-killer' phenomenon. Added another research
question.
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27 April 1998: Version 1.8. Added Goldhaber to the bibliography. This
is the version that will go in the Linux Expo proceedings.
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26 May 1998: Version 1.9: Incorporated Fare Rideau's
noosphere/ergosphere distinction. Incorporated RMS's assertion that he
is not anticommercial. New section on acculturation and academia
(thanks to Ross J. Reedstrom, Eran Tromer, Allan McInnes, and
others). More about humility, (`egoless behavior') from Jerry Fass and
Marsh Ray.
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11 July 1998: Version 1.10: Remove Fare Rideau's reference to `fame'
at his suggestion.
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21 November 1998: Version 1.14: Minor editorial and stale-link fixes.
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