how do “open source” applications work?

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Regarding their origins and updates. Does one person come up with an idea that they think would benefit the program, and a community decides if it’s really a good update?

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Your kindergarten teacher thinks it’s a good idea to raise a hamster. Instead of every student getting a hamster, the supplies needed, and caring for it, the teacher decides it’s better that the whole class should share and care for one hamster. Everyone in the class helps raise it and pitches in. The kids get as much benefit from the one hamster than they would from having their own. And if jimmy is sick for a week he doesn’t need the heartbreak of hammy being dead when he gets back.

Now just imaging our one hamster having a distinct ability, like being able to sneak into a candy store and he only returns with our favourite candy. If I told you you’d be able to borrow him anytime for free, would you decline and vow to raise your own hamster that could do exactly that? Or would you agree to borrow him, and while he was with you, feed and play with him?

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