Open Source: Technology and Policy
by Fadi P. Deek , James A. M. McHughFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-11-05
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The open source movement is a worldwide effort to promote an open style of software development more aligned with the accepted intellectual style of science than the proprietary modes of invention that have been characteristic of modern business. The idea is to keep the scientific advances created by software development openly available for everyone to use, understand, and improve. The very process of open source creation is highly transparent. This book addresses prominent projects in the open source movement, along with its enabling technologies, social characteristics, legal issues, business venues, and public and educational roles.
Author Biography
James A. M. McHugh is Full Professor of Computer Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Why Open Source | p. 2 |
| Preview | p. 11 |
| Open Source - Internet Applications, Platforms, and Technologies | |
| Open Source Internet Application Projects | p. 21 |
| The WWW and the Apache Web Server | p. 23 |
| The Browsers | p. 37 |
| Fetchmail | p. 50 |
| The Dual License Business Model | p. 61 |
| The P's in LAMP | p. 70 |
| BitTorrent | p. 77 |
| BIND | p. 78 |
| The Open Source Platform | p. 80 |
| Operating Systems | p. 81 |
| Windowing Systems and Desktops | p. 99 |
| GIMP | p. 111 |
| Technologies Underlying Open Source Development | p. 119 |
| Overview of CVS | p. 120 |
| CVS Commands | p. 124 |
| Other Version Control Systems | p. 143 |
| Open Source Software Development Hosting Facilities and Directories | p. 151 |
| Social, Psychological, Legal, and Economic Aspects of Open Source | |
| Demographics, Sociology, and Psychology of Open Source Development | p. 159 |
| Scale of Open Source Development | p. 160 |
| Demographics and Statistical Profile of Participants | p. 162 |
| Motivation of Participants | p. 164 |
| Group Size and Communication | p. 166 |
| Social Psychology and Open Source | p. 168 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Open Source | p. 181 |
| Group Problem Solving and Productivity | p. 190 |
| Process Gains and Losses in Groups | p. 197 |
| The Collaborative Medium | p. 206 |
| Legal Issues in Open Source | p. 222 |
| Copyrights | p. 223 |
| Patents | p. 228 |
| Contracts and Licenses | p. 232 |
| Proprietary Licenses and Trade Secrets | p. 236 |
| OSI - The Open Source Initiative | p. 243 |
| The GPL and Related Issues | p. 250 |
| The Economics of Open Source | p. 265 |
| Standard Economic Effects | p. 266 |
| Open Source Business Models | p. 272 |
| Open Source and Commoditization | p. 281 |
| Economic Motivations for Participation | p. 285 |
| Free Software: The Movement, the Public Sector, and the Future | |
| The GNU Project | p. 297 |
| The GNU Project | p. 297 |
| The Free Software Foundation | p. 302 |
| Open Source in the Public Sector | p. 309 |
| Open Source in Government and Globally | p. 310 |
| Open Source in Education | p. 316 |
| The Future of the Open Source Movement | p. 325 |
| Glossary | p. 336 |
| Subject Index | p. 351 |
| Author Index | p. 366 |
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