Collaborative Software Development and Free Software
It is the dominant model used in development of free software. It is very compatible with free software because free software projects publish the source code of any published programs, so they do not have the secrecy reason for hiding their communications and in-progress development.
This development model is detailed examined by Eric Raymond in his book The Cathedral and the Bazaar where he compares it to a Bazaar model usually followed by hierarchic organizations.
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