Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani
Résumé
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.
L'auteur - Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald is Senior Researcher with the Executive
Systems Research Centre, University College Cork. He is an
Associate Editor for the Information Systems Journal and
Data Base, and author or co-author of four books and more
than 50 papers. He has presented research at a number of
international conferences, and, prior to entering academia,
spent more than fifteen years in industry.
L'auteur - Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is a doctoral candidate in management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, and cofounder of the MIT Open Source Research Project.
Sommaire
- Motivation in Free/Open Source Software Development
- Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software ProjectsKarim R. Lakhani and Robert G. Wolf
- Understanding Free Software Developers: Findings from the FLOSS StudyRishab Aiyer Ghosh
- Economic Perspectives on Open SourceJosh Lerner and Jean Tirole
- The Evaluation of Free/Open Source Software Development
- Standing in Front of the Open Source SteamrollerRobert L. Glass
- Has Open Source Software a Future?Brian Fitzgerald
- Open Source Software Development: Future or Fad?Srdjan Rusovan, Mark Lawford and David Lodge Parnas
- Attaining Robust Open Source SoftwarePeter G. Neumann
- Open and Closed Systems are Equivalent (That Is, in an Ideal World)Ross Anderson
- Making Lightning Strike TwiceCharles B. Weinstock and Scott A. Hissam
- Free/Open Source Processes and Tools
- Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and MozillaAudris Mockus, Roy T. Fielding and James D. Herbsleb
- Software Engineering Practices in the GNOME ProjectDaniel M. German
- Incremental and Decentralized Integration in FreeBSDNiels Jorgensen
- Adopting Open Source Software Engineering (OSSE) Practices by Adopting OSSE ToolsJason Robbins
- Free/Open Source Software Economic and Business Models
- Open Source Software Projects as "User Innovation Networks"Eric von Hippel
- An Analysis of Open Source Business ModelsSandeep Krishnamurthy
- The Allocation of Software Development Resources in Open Source Production ModeJean-Michel Dalle and Paul A. David
- Shared Source: The Microsoft PerspectiveJason Matusow
- Law, Community, and Society
- Open Code and Open SocietiesLawrence Lessig
- Legal Aspects of Free and Open Source SoftwareDavid McGowan
- Nonprofit Foundations and Their Role in Community-Firm Software CollaborationSiobhan O'Mahony
- Free ScienceChristopher Kelty
- High Noon at OS Corral: Duels and Shoot-Outs in Open SourceAnna Maria Szczepanska, Magnus Bergquist and Jan Ljungberg
- Libre Software Policies at the European LevelPhillipe Aigrain
- The Open Source Paradigm ShiftTim O'Reilly
- Epilogue: Open Source outside the Domain of SoftwareClay Shirky
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | The MIT Press |
Auteur(s) | Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani |
Parution | 26/07/2005 |
Nb. de pages | 550 |
Format | 16 x 23,5 |
Couverture | Relié |
Poids | 885g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780262062466 |
ISBN13 | 978-0-262-06246-6 |
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