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package management systems
packagers and security vulnerabilities
Packet Drivers (Crynwr Software) 2nd
     web site for
PACT (Project for the Advancement of Coding Techniques) compiler project
PageRank system 2nd
paradigm shifts
     biology facing
     lessons from previous
     occurring now for free/open source developers
     standardized architecture of IBM PC
Parr, R. L.
participatory architecture
patch program, introduced by Larry Wall
patent law
     concerns involving genetic engineering
     fair use and community-based innovation
     making patents available on RAND terms to standards bodies
     unconstrained software patents not allowed in India
patents vs. standards
pathconf( )
Patterns of Software
Paul, Christian
PBX (private branch exchange) telephones
_PC_NAME_MAX constant
_PC_PATH_MAX constant
PCs replacing workstations 2nd
Pedro, Simão
Peopleware<Default Para Font>
Perens, Bruce
Perl (duct tape of the Internet)
permissions for file objects in Win32
permissive licenses
personal computer innovations made by the community
"personal computing" products, appearance of
physical vs. virtual products, building businesses around
physical vs. virtual world
Pilgrim, Mark
Pinheiro, Walter
Pink, Daniel
piracy
     campaign against, launched by Microsoft
     dual licensing and
     limiting with DMCA
     rampant, in India
     targeting, in China 2nd
platform and silo systems
     construction industry and
     need to base them on free/open source infrastructure
platforms, two approaches to
PLUG (Polish Linux User Group)
podcasting
     not yet affected by DMCA
Polanyi, M.
Polese, Kim 2nd
politics and business
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Poppen, Sherman
portalizing Slashdot sites
Portuguese words for "free"
POSIX standard
     adapting to change from 32-bit to 64-bit computing
     broken locking mechanism in
     future of
     official documents from IEEE
     Single Unix Specification (SUS) and
     vs. Win32, choosing
     Windows NT and
posting anonymously on Slashdot 2nd
press reports about Nupedia/Wikipedia
presynthesized DNA
prettifying code
price differentiation concept
privacy concerns with open source legal projects
private branch exchange (PBX) telephones
private sector, libre software in
professional open source business model
Progeny
Project for the Advancement of Coding Techniques (PACT) compiler project
project scaling
proprietary development
     changed by open source ideals
proprietary Linux
proprietary model vs. community-based model
proprietary packet drivers, selling
proprietary software development
     becoming standardized/commodified
     controlling software
     dependencies and
     how it changed open source
     how open source changed it
     online updating/installation
     vs. open source 2nd
         licensing issues
protection for code, overasserting, with copyright expansion
public administrations, libre software in
public communications in open source projects
public goods, managing costs by using
public mistrust of genetic technology 2nd
public sector initiatives and libre software
public vs. private information, in legal research projects
Pubmed (journal database service)
punch cards