Open source :
Deek, Fadi P.
Open source : technology and policy / Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xi, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Open source internet application projects -- The open source platform -- Technologies underlying open source development -- Demographics, sociology and psychology of open source -- Legal issues in open source -- The economics of open source -- The gnu project and the free software foundation -- The future of the open source movement.
From the Internet's infrastructure to operating systems like GNU/Linux, the open source movement comprises some of the greatest accomplishments in computing over the past quarter century. Its story embraces technological advances, unprecedented global collaboration, and remarkable tools for facilitating distributed development. The evolution of the Internet enabled an enormous expansion of open development, allowing developers to exchange information and ideas without regard to constraints of space, time, or national boundary. The movement has had widespread impact on education and government, as well as historic cultural and commercial repercussions. Part I discusses key open source applications, platforms, and technologies used in open development. Part II explores social issues ranging from demographics and psychology to legal and economic matters. Part III discusses the Free Software Foundation, open source in the public sector (government and education), and future prospects. The open source movement is a worldwide effort to promote an open style of software development more aligned with the accepted intellectual style of science than the proprietary modes of invention that have been characteristic of modern business. The idea is to keep the scientific advances created by software development openly available for everyone to use, understand, and improve. The very process of open source creation is highly transparent. This book addresses prominent projects in the open source movement, along with its enabling technologies, social characteristics, legal issues, business venues, and public and educational roles.
0521707412
2007019230
Open source software.
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Open source : technology and policy / Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xi, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Open source internet application projects -- The open source platform -- Technologies underlying open source development -- Demographics, sociology and psychology of open source -- Legal issues in open source -- The economics of open source -- The gnu project and the free software foundation -- The future of the open source movement.
From the Internet's infrastructure to operating systems like GNU/Linux, the open source movement comprises some of the greatest accomplishments in computing over the past quarter century. Its story embraces technological advances, unprecedented global collaboration, and remarkable tools for facilitating distributed development. The evolution of the Internet enabled an enormous expansion of open development, allowing developers to exchange information and ideas without regard to constraints of space, time, or national boundary. The movement has had widespread impact on education and government, as well as historic cultural and commercial repercussions. Part I discusses key open source applications, platforms, and technologies used in open development. Part II explores social issues ranging from demographics and psychology to legal and economic matters. Part III discusses the Free Software Foundation, open source in the public sector (government and education), and future prospects. The open source movement is a worldwide effort to promote an open style of software development more aligned with the accepted intellectual style of science than the proprietary modes of invention that have been characteristic of modern business. The idea is to keep the scientific advances created by software development openly available for everyone to use, understand, and improve. The very process of open source creation is highly transparent. This book addresses prominent projects in the open source movement, along with its enabling technologies, social characteristics, legal issues, business venues, and public and educational roles.
0521707412
2007019230
Open source software.
005.3