Fadi P. Deek

Open Source (eBook, PDF)

Technology and Policy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 tools for facilitating distributed development. The evolution of the Internet enabled an enormous expansion of open development, allowing developers to exchange information and ideas without regard to constraints of space, time, or national boundary. The movement has had widespread impact on education and government, as well as historic cultural and commercial repercussions. Part I discusses key open source applications, platforms, and technologies used in open development. Part II explores social issues ranging from demographics and psychology to legal and economic matters. Part III discusses the Free Software Foundation, open source in the public sector (government and education), and future prospects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511364129
• Artikelnr.: 38190877

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.