Handbook of research on open source software [electronic resource] : technological, economic, and social perspectives / Kirk St.Amant, Brian Still [editors].

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.Description: electronic texts (xxxvi, 728 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:

9781591408925 (ebook)
159140892X (ebook)

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Contents:

Section 1. Culture, Society, and Open Source Software -- 1. Free Software Philosophy and Open Source -- 2. Greasemonkey and a Challenge to Notions of Authorship -- 3. Morality and Pragmatism in Free Software and Open Source -- 4. Hacker Culture and the FLOSS Innovation -- 5. Social Technologies and the Digital Commons -- 6. ALBA Architecture as Proposal for OSS Collaborative Science -- 7. Evaluating the Potential of Free and Open Source Software in the Developing World -- 8. Open Source Software: A Developing Country View -- 9. The Social and Economical Impact of OSS in Developing Countries --

Section 2. Development Models and Methods for Open Source Software Production -- 10. Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project -- 11. Patchwork Prototyping with Open Source Software -- 12. An Agile Perspective on Open Source Software Engineering -- 13. A Model for the Successful Migration to Desktop OSS -- 14. The Social Order of Open Source Software Production --

Section 3. Evaluating Open Source Software Products and Uses -- 15. Open Source Software: Strengths and Weaknesses -- 16. Open Source Software Evaluation -- 17. Open Source Web Portals -- 18. Curious Exceptions? Open Source Software and Open Technology -- 19. Reducing Transaction Costs with GLW Infrastructure -- 20. Issues to Consider when Choosing Open Source Content Management Systems (CMSs) -- 21. Evaluating Open Source Software through Prototyping -- 22. Motives and Methods for Quantitative FLOSS Research -- 23. A Generalized Comparison of Open Source and Commercial Database Management Systems -- 24. Evaluation of a Migration to Open Source Software --

Section 4. Laws and Licensing Practices Affecting Open Source Software Uses -- 25. Legal and Economic Justification for Software Protection -- 26. OSS Adoption in the Legal Services Community -- 27. The Road of Computer Code Featuring the Political Economy of Copyleft and Legal Analysis of the General Public License -- 28. The Evolution of Free Software -- 29. Free Access to Law and Open Source Software -- 30. Examining Open Source Software Licenses through the Creative Commons Licensing Model -- 31. FLOSS Legal and Engineering Terms and a License Taxonomy --

Section 5. Public Policy, the Public Sector, and Government Perspectives on Open Source Software -- 32. On the Role of Public Policies Supporting Free/Open Source Software -- 33. Use of OSS by Local E-Administration: The French Situation -- 34. Issues and Aspects of Open Source Software Usage and Adoption in the Public Sector -- 35. The Labor Politics of Scratching an Itch -- 36. Open Source Technology and Ideology in the Nonprofit Context -- 37. Governance and the Open Source Repository --

Section 6. Business Approaches and Applications Involving Open Source Software -- 38. Analyzing Firm Participation in Open Source Communities -- 39. Community Customers -- 40. Open Source Software Business Models and Customer Involvement Economics -- 41. Investing in Open Source Software Companies: Deal Making from a Venture Capitalist's Perspective -- 42. Revenue Models in the Open Source Software Business -- 43. Open Source for Accounting and Enterprise Systems -- 44. Open Source Software and the Corporate World -- 45. Business Models in Open Source Software Value Creation -- 46. Novell’s Open Source Evolution --

Section 7. Educational Perspectives and Practices Related to Open Source Software -- 47. Communities of Practice for Open Source Software -- 48. Selecting Open Source Software for Use in Schools -- 49. Open Source E-Learning Systems: Evaluation of Features and Functionality -- 50. The Role of Open Source Software in Open Access Publishing -- 51. An Innovative Desktop OSS Implementation in a School -- 52. Rapid Insertion of Leading Edge Industrial Strength Software into University Classrooms -- 53. Wikis as an Exemplary Model of Open Source Learning -- 54. A Perspective on Software Engineering Education with Open Source Software -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Abstract: "This book examines how use of open source software (OSS) is affecting society, business, government, education, and law,including an overview of the culture from which OSS emerged and the process though which OSS is created and modified. Readers will gain an understanding of the complexities and the nuances related to OSS adoption and the range of its applications"--Provided by publisher.

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"This book examines how use of open source software (OSS) is affecting society, business, government, education, and law,including an overview of the culture from which OSS emerged and the process though which OSS is created and modified. Readers will gain an understanding of the complexities and the nuances related to OSS adoption and the range of its applications"--Provided by publisher.

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