Open Source (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521881036)

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: Fadi P. Deek,James A. M. McHugh
ISBN-10: 052188103X
ISBN-13: 9780521881036
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2007
Pages: 382
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.29w x 0.99d