The Cathedral

Definitions

1. The centralized, carefully controlled style of software development contrasted with the more open 'bazaar' model in Eric S. Raymond’s essay. In tech discourse, 'the cathedral' stands for top-down release control and tightly managed contribution flows.

   In plain English: A tightly controlled way of building software with centralized decision-making.

   Example: "The project moved away from the cathedral once the maintainers opened up roadmap discussion and outside patches."

Related Terms

• AOSP
• Cathedral and the Bazaar
• Contributor Covenant
• IRC
• Open Source Governance
• Open Source Sustainability
• The Mythical Man-Month
• Bazaar