# Quote of the day by software pioneer Eric S. Raymond: 'The end of software secrecy is almost upon us' — declaring victory for the open source movement

> Eric Steven Raymond, widely known as 'ESR' has been a large presence in the software development space for many decades, making key contributions to the school of development, programming languages, and the open source…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-software-pioneer-eric-s-raymond-the-end-of-software-secrecy-is-almost-upon-us-declaring-victory-for-the-open-source-movement?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6ad01dad088773ad254312f2)
- **Published:** 2026-10-15
- **Category:** Apps
- **Tags:** #ai
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