Editing Revolution OS (section)

== Synopsis ==
The film begins with glimpses of Raymond, a Linux [[Initial public offering|IPO]], Torvalds, the idea of Open Source, Perens, Stallman, then sets the historical stage in the early days of hackers and computer hobbyists when code was shared freely. It discusses how change came in 1978 as Microsoft co-founder [[Bill Gates]], in his [[Open Letter to Hobbyists]], pointedly prodded hobbyists to pay up. Stallman relates his struggles with proprietary software vendors at the [[MIT]] Artificial Intelligence Lab, leading to his departure to focus on the development of [[free software]], and the [[GNU Project]].

Torvalds describes the development of the [[Linux kernel]], the [[GNU/Linux naming controversy]], Linux's further evolution, and its commercialization.

Raymond and Stallman clarify the philosophy of free software versus [[communism]] and [[capitalism]], as well as the development stages of Linux.

Michael Tiemann discusses meeting Stallman in 1987, getting an early version of Stallman's [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]], and founding [[Cygnus Solutions]].

Larry Augustin describes combining [[GNU]] software with a normal [[personal computer|PC]] to create a [[Unix-like]] [[workstation]] at one third the price and twice the power of a [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] workstation. He relates his early dealings with [[venture capitalists]], the eventual capitalization and commodification of Linux for his own company, [[VA Linux]], and its [[Initial public offering|IPO]].

Brian Behlendorf, one of the original developers of the [[Apache HTTP Server]], explains that he started to exchange [[Patch (computing)|patches]] for the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications|NCSA]] web server daemon [[NCSA HTTPd|HTTPd]] with other developers, which led to the release of "a patchy" web server, dubbed Apache.

Frank Hecker of [[Netscape]] discusses the events leading up to Netscape's [[corporate officer|executives]] releasing the source code for Netscape's browser, one of the signal events which made [[Open-source model|open source]] a force to be reckoned with by business executives, the mainstream media, and the public at large.<ref>[http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/ec1May.html Community Articles: Interview: Frank Hecker] Openoffice.org. Louis Suárez-Potts, May 1, 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-22.</ref> This point was validated further after the film's release as the Netscape source code eventually became the [[Firefox]] web browser, reclaiming a large percentage of market share from Microsoft's [[Internet Explorer]].

The film also documents the scope of the first full-scale [[LinuxWorld Summit]] conference, with appearances by Linus Torvalds and Larry Augustin on the keynote stage.

Much of the footage for the film was shot in [[Silicon Valley]].