那些推进开源技术发展的著名英雄 - 那些推进开源技术发展的著名英雄们

最近发现一个，Computers. The Internet. Smartphones. The Web. Many of the technologies we use each day are powered by software so critical that even minor flaws in its source code could stop the world in its tracks.Yet much of this software is “open source” — a technology commons that can be freely used and contributed to by anyone, but at the same time, is controlled by no one person or corporation.Originally pioneered by computer programmers who believe in freely sharing the source code of their software with the world, this radical idea eventually grew into a full blown revolution to “open source” everything from encyclopedic knowledge, to the mapping of the human genome, to heirloom seeds.And, yet, despite its wide ranging impact, the open source revolution remains all but unknown to most people who now, more than ever before, depend on its survival.This project is an attempt to change that.

计算机。互联网。智能手机。网络。我们每天使用的许多技术都由非常关键的软件带来支持，以至于即使是源代码中的微小缺陷也可能使世界停滞不前。然而，这些软件的大部分都是“开源”的——任何人都可以自由使用和贡献的技术共享，但同时，不受任何个人或公司的控制。这个激进的想法最初是由相信与世界自由共享其软件源代码的计算机程序员开创的，最终发展成为一场全面的革命，从百科全书知识到人类基因组图谱，再到传家宝种子，一切都“开源”。然而，尽管开源革命的影响范围广泛，但大多数人仍然不知道，他们现在比以往任何时候都更加依赖它的生存。这个项目就是试图改变这种状况。

Faces of Open Source 是开源革命背后的人们的持续摄影记录，该项目由致力于创造和推进开源技术的著名无名英雄的肖像组成。