Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
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| Title: | Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software |
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| Description: | What is the status of the Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) revolution? Has the creation of software that can be freely used, modified, and redistributed transformed industry and society, as some predicted, or is this transformation still a work in progress? Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software brings together leading analysts and researchers to address this question, examining specific aspects of F/OSS in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and highly relevant to real-life managerial and technical concerns.The book analyzes a number of key topics: the motivation behind F/OSS—why highly skilled software developers devote large amounts of time to the creation of'free'products and services; the objective, empirically grounded evaluation of software—necessary to counter what one chapter author calls the'steamroller'of F/OSS hype; the software engineering processes and tools used in specific projects, including Apache, GNOME, and Mozilla; the economic and business models that reflect the changing relationships between users and firms, technical communities and firms, and between competitors; and legal, cultural, and social issues, including one contribution that suggests parallels between'open code'and'open society'and another that points to the need for understanding the movement's social causes and consequences. |
| Authors: | Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Shareware (Computer software), Open source software, Computer software--Development |
| Categories: | COMPUTERS / Computer Science |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
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