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Open Source : a Multidisciplinary Approach.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Muffatto, Moreno
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006.
Colección:Series on technology management.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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 Rights.
  • 2.1 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 Patents.
  • Chapter 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 society.
  • 3.4 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 Model.
  • 4.2.4 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 Process.