RMS have stated in several interviews that doing development in the open "bazaar style" is not required. Cathedral is equally valid, and he doesn't care. It's

RMS have stated in several interviews that doing development in the open "bazaar style" is not required. Cathedral is equally valid, and he doesn't care. It's the open source marketing campaign that said that Bazaar is preferred and claim it give superior outcomes. Ive never seen any requirements for documentation. I guess in the 80's 90's code bases were not yet so complex and had som many dependencies as today. I think this article makes a very valid point.