Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software

Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani

538 pages, parution le 16/04/2007

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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 - Joseph Feller

Joseph Feller is a Lecturer with the Business Information Systems Group, University College Cork, Ireland. His research on Open Source Software is published in several prominent conference proceedings and he is the author of Customer Friendly: Design Guidelines for eCommerce. He also edits the monthly professional journal, Inside XML Solutions.

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
The Evaluation of Free/Open Source Software Development
Free/Open Source Processes and Tools
Free/Open Source Software Economic and Business Models
Law, Community, and Society

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The MIT Press
Auteur(s)	Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani
Parution	16/04/2007
Nb. de pages	538
Format	15 x 22
Couverture	Broché
Poids	720g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780262562270
ISBN13	978-0-262-56227-0