Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh

Open Source

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Find out why some people spend their own time writing complex software, then distribute the source code for free.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 705g
• ISBN-13: 9780521881036
• ISBN-10: 052188103X
• Artikelnr.: 23003539

Autorenporträt

Fadi P. Deek received his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and Professor of Information Systems, Information Technology, and Mathematical Sciences at NJIT, where he began his academic career as a Teaching Assistant in 1985. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty - Rutgers University Ph.D. Program in Management.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I. Open Source - Internet Infrastructure, Platforms, and Technologies: 2. Open source Internet application projects
3. The open source platform
4. Technologies underlying open source development
Part II. Social, Psychological, Legal, and Economic Aspects of Open Source: 5. Demographics, sociology, and psychology of open source development
6. Legal issues in open source
7. The economics of open source
Part III. Free Software: The Movement, the Public Sector, and the Future: 8. The GNU project and the free software foundation
9. Open source in the public sector
10. The future of the open source movement.