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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819364103321

Titolo

How open is the future? : economic, social & cultural scenarios inspired by free & open-source software / / Marleen Wynants & Jan Cornelis (eds.) ; cover design, Dani Elskens ; book design, Boudewijn Bardyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2005

©2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (534 p.)

Collana

Crosstalks

Altri autori (Persone)

WynantsMarleen

CornelisJan

ElskensDani

BardynBoudewijn

Disciplina

005.3

Soggetti

Open source software

Intellectual property - Economic aspects

Intellectual property - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Foreword & Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Driving Forces: Key Players & Projects""; ""Will the revolution be open-sourced? How open source travels through society""; ""Free as in Freedom, not Gratis! ""; ""The Open Source Paradigm Shift""; ""Open Courseware and Open Scientific Publications""; ""Roots Culture Free Software Vibrations Inna Babylon""; ""Making it Happen: Case Studies from Brussels, Belgium & Beyond""; ""Extremadura and the Revolution of Free Software""; ""Building Open Ecosystems for Collaborative Creativity""

""A Walk through the Music Bazaar -""""Open Source, Science and Education""; ""Open Standards Policy in Belgium""; ""Ethics & Bottlenecks""; ""The Patenting of Life""; ""Fostering Research, Innovation and Networking""; ""Is Open-Sourced Biotechnology Possible?""; ""Legal Aspects of Software Protection through Patents, and the Future of Reverse Engineering""; ""The Future is Open""; ""Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open-Source Software Mode of Production"";



""The Future of Open Source""; ""The Future of Software: Enabling the Marketplace to Decide""; ""Dual Licensing""

""Towards an EU Policy for Open-Source Software""""Annexes""; ""The GNU General Public License (GPL)""; ""Building Innovation through Integration""; ""Index""; ""List of Pictures""