Handbook of research on open source software technological, economic, and social perspectives /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: St. Amant, Kirk, 1970-, Still, Brian, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
• Subjects: Shareware (Computer software) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Open source software > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Accounting and Enterprise Systems; Business Models; Communities of Practice; Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities; Evolution of Free Software; GLW Infrastructure; Governance; Hacker Culture and the FLOSS Innovation; Legal and Economic Justification for Software Protection; Morality and Pragmatism; Nonprofit Context; Novell's Open Source Evolution; Open Access Publishing; Open Source E-learning Systems; Open Source Software; Open Source Software Engineering; Open Source Software Evaluation; Open Source Web Portals; OSS Adoption in the Legal Services Community; Patchwork Prototyping; Prototyping; Revenue Models; Social and Economical Impacts; Social Technologies and the Digital Commons; Software Engineering Education
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxxvi, 728 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781591408925 (ebook); 159140892X (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book examines how use of open source software (OSS) is affecting society, business, government, education, and law,including an overview of the culture from which OSS emerged and the process though which OSS is created and modified. Readers will gain an understanding of the complexities and the nuances related to OSS adoption and the range of its applications"--Provided by publisher.