Open Source: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Material type: TextSeries: Series on technology management, v. 10Publication details: London Imperial College Press 2006Description: xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781860946653
- 005.3 MUF-O
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Book | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | 005.3 MUF-O (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | DCB549 |
Ch. 1. History of open source -- Ch. 2. Software and intellectual property rights -- Ch. 3. The organization of the open source community -- Ch. 4. Software development models -- Ch. 5. Open source products and software quality -- Ch. 6. Strategies and business models -- Ch. 7. Government policies towards open source software -- Ch. 8. New trends in work organization -- Ch. 9. Open source as a complex adaptive system -- Ch. 10. Developments.
What is open source software? How is the open source community organized? What makes this model successful? What effects has it had and might it have on the future of the IT industry, companies and government policies? This book answers these and many other questions. It also gives a brief history of the open source community.
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