How Much Does Christian Doctrine Have In Common With Open-Source Software?

I am glad somebody posted this article. I found it very thought-provoking.

Some background:

The original paper by the Jesuit priest was discussed on HN a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2421107 (includes a link to the abstract of the article, in Italian)

Here's the website of the Catholic open source advocacy group mentioned: http://www.eleutheros.org/en/

One of its cofounders pops up in the comments at the Economist to defend accusations that the Catholic Church is jumping on a bandwagon ("if you can't beat em, join em" is the accusation).

Here's the Eric Raymond post mentioned: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=3094

"The Cathedral and the Bazaar" is available on his website: http://catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/