04892nam 22006134a 450 991082651420332120240404143738.01-86094-891-X(CKB)1000000000414853(EBL)1679623(OCoLC)879023836(SSID)ssj0000215251(PQKBManifestationID)12030936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000215251(PQKBWorkID)10184827(PQKB)11210251(MiAaPQ)EBC1679623(WSP)0000P455(Au-PeEL)EBL1679623(CaPaEBR)ebr10201219(EXLCZ)99100000000041485320060523d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpen source a multidisciplinary approach /Moreno Muffatto1st ed.London Imperial College Press ;Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ Distributed by World Scientificc20061 online resource (260 p.)Series on technology management ;v. 10Description based upon print version of record.1-86094-665-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245).Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1 History of Open Source ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 The Age of Pioneers ; 1.3 The Beginnings of the Open Source Movement ; 1.4 Diffusion ; 1.5 Institutionalization ; 1.6 Recent Developments ; Chapter 2 Software and Intellectual Property Rights2.1 What is Software? 2.2 Why Do Intellectual Property Rights Exist? ; 2.3 Types of IPR and How They are Applied to Software ; 2.4 Categories of Software ; 2.5 Copyright and Open Source Software Licenses ; 2.6 Open Source Software and PatentsChapter 3 The Organization of the Open Source Community 3.1 ""Who"" is the Open Source Community? ; 3.2 Demographics ; 3.3 The Motivating Factors of Individuals and Organizations ; 3.3.1 Motivations for individuals ; 3.3.2 Motivations for organizations ; 3.3.3 Motivations for society3.4 Organization of the Open Source Community Chapter 4 Software Development Models ; 4.1 The Software Development Process ; 4.2 Software Development Process Models ; 4.2.1 The Build and Fix Model ; 4.2.2 The Waterfall Model ; 4.2.3 The Iterative Development Model4.2.4 The Evolutionary Model 4.2.5 The Prototyping Model ; 4.2.6 The Spiral Model ; 4.3 Classification and Comparison of the Models ; 4.4 The Microsoft Model: Synch and Stabilize ; 4.5 Comparison between Synch and Stabilize and the Open Source Software Development ProcessChapter 5 Open Source Products and Software Quality In recent years, the way open source software is developed has taken hold as a valid alternative to commercial proprietary methods, as have the products themselves, e.g., the Linux operating system, Apache web-server software, and Mozilla Firefox browser. But what is open source software? How is the open source community organized? What makes this new model successful? What effects has it had and might it have on the future of the IT industry, companies and government policies? These and many other questions are answered in this book. The first chapter gives a brief history of the open sourcSeries on technology management ;v. 10.Open source softwareOpen source software.005.3Muffatto Moreno8873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826514203321Open source3944182UNINA