文档介绍：July 2005
ISSUE THIRTY-FIVE
July 2005
CrossFit: An Open
Source Model
Fitness Yearns to Be Free
-Brian Mulvaney
CrossFit is often referred to as an
“open-source” fitness movement.
But what does that really mean?
What is open source and how
does it apply to fitness?
“Open source” and the profound
concept of “free software” arose
from the research-oriented
computer engineering culture of
the seventies and eighties that
delivered the technical foundations
for much of what we take for
granted in today’s information
economy. In narrow terms, “open
source” and “free software”
Garage Gym II - The Revolution describe the intellectual property
-Greg Glassman arrangements for software source
code: specifically the licensing
Subject: Unofficial CrossFit Classes models that govern its availability,
To: info@ use, and redistribution. More
From: Eric Lester broadly, and more importantly,
Date: July 1st 2005 open source e to denote
a collaborative style of project
“About 7 weeks ago I started doing the WOD with a friend at my college gym. We’ve work, wherein ad hoc groups
since then gotten other people involved and have about 5 regulars doing the WOD of motivated individuals—often
including ourselves. I’m expecting that number to grow in the fall when more students connected only by the —
arrive. come together around a shared
I’d like to create a website for our little group keeping track of best times for each development objective that
individual, pictures, etc. I think it would be some fun extra motivation for them all. advances a particular technical
It’s not like we have a coach or anything, but I tend to take the lead, instruct when frontier for mon good.
necessary, and concentrate on encouraging. essful open-source projects
I’m wondering what it would be proper to name our group and page. The guy that are notable for their vibrant
started with me suggested “CrossFit ISU