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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262062461

ISBN-139780262062466

eBay Product ID (ePID)44188198

Product Key Features

Number of Pages496 Pages

Publication NamePerspectives on Free and Open Source Software

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEnterprise Applications / Collaboration Software, Software Development & Engineering / General, Computer Science

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers

AuthorBrian Fitzgerald

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight30.7 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-064954

Reviews"An excellent international and interdisciplinary repository of the latest research and thinking on free and open software movements and practices. With this intellectual miracle, the editors and contributors pave the way to a new open science paradigm." --Claudio Ciborra, London School of Economics and IULM, Milan, author of "The Labyrinths of Information", " From fringe movement to multibillion-dollar market, free software shows how new modes of production and distribution will change technology, and transform society, in the 21st century. This book contains the words of those who made it happen, those who study why it happened, and those who ineffectively resisted the most surprising social movement of our time. An indispensable introduction to the how and why of the free software revolution." --Eben Moglen, Professor of Law, Columbia University, and Founder, Free Software Foundation, --Claudio Ciborra, London School of Economics and IULM, Milan, author of "The Labyrinths of Information", ""Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software" is the most comprehensive collection of writings on open source software that I have seen. The authors tackle the difficult questions that surround its success, from what motivates developers to write software for free to how companies can incorporate the best of the open source model into their environments." --Martin Fink, Vice President, Linux, Hewlett-Packard, "This important and wide-ranging collection illuminates the social, economic, technical, and legal processes propelling the fantastic growth of free and open source softward." -Mitchell Kapor, President and Chair, Open Source Applications Foundation, --Carliss Y. Baldwin, William L. White Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, coauthor of "Design Rules: The Power of Modularity"

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Afterword byShirky, Clay

Dewey Decimal005.36

SynopsisLeading Free and Open Source software researchers and analysts consider the status of the open source revolution and its effect on industry and society., 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. 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.

LC Classification NumberQA76.76.S46P47 2005