open-source software - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Eric Raymond’s essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” proposes a model for development of this thing that emphasizes frequent integration and dynamic decision-making. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this kind of thing championed by Richard Stallman, who distinguished it from a “free” alternative that is rooted in political and ethical commitments.

ANSWER: open-source software [prompt on free software or shareware or public domain software or open software]

[10e] Stallman’s GNU (“g’NOO”) system is often used alongside this kernel. “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” cites Linus Torvald’s development of this operating system as an example of the bazaar model.

ANSWER: Linux

[10h] Stallman’s General Public License for GNU is one of the first examples of this legal concept akin to a CC BY-SA license, where a free work can be modified as long as it is not used as the basis for works without this right.

ANSWER: copyleft [prompt on share-alike; reject “copyright”]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Brown	Harvard	0	10	0	10
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis	MIT A	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	CWRU	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Yale	RIT	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	NYU A	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Oklahoma	Texas A	0	10	0	10
JHU A	JHU B	0	10	0	10
John Jay	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Mount Sinai	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Swarthmore	0	10	0	10
Illinois	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
UChicago B	Indiana	0	10	0	10
UChicago A	UChicago C	0	10	0	10
New Young Whigs of America	abg academy	0	0	0	0
rusty shackleford	Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	10	10	0	20
Waterloo you are crooked	Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	10	10	10	30
Ottawa 67s	Guelph perfomative male competition	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Queen's is monitoring the situation	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	McGill Fartlets	0	10	10	20
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	#OpenToBuzz	0	10	0	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Carleton A	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
In Search of Lost Clues	The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Free Win	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
The Bit and the Penndulum	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	10	0	10
Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	Bristold	0	10	0	10
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	Knorr Stock Clue	10	10	0	20
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	Coughing Baby	0	10	0	10
Hail to the Sheaf	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	10	0	10
Of Mice and Penn	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	10	10	0	20
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	Chimp Brisket	10	10	10	30
To buzz is to be perceived	Washed Scrubs	0	10	0	10
question mark	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	0	10	0	10
VT A	Planck Sinatra	0	10	0	10
Wise Duke	UNC A	0	0	0	0
VT B	UNC B	0	10	0	10
Truman State	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	0	10	0	10
WashU Kiki	WashU Bouba	10	10	0	20