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Open source technology and policy

"From the Internet's infrastructure to operating systems like GNU/Linux, the open source movement comprises some of the greatest accomplishments in computing over the past quarter century. Its story embraces technological advances, unprecedented global collaboration, and remarkable tool...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fadi P Deek
Other Authors: James A McHugh
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2008
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Open source internet application projects
  • The open source platform
  • Technologies underlying open source development
  • Demographics, sociology, and psychology of open source development
  • Legal issues in open source
  • The economics of open source
  • The GNU project
  • Open source in the public sector
  • The future of the open source movement.