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Open Source Software Development offers the first serious (and academically rigorous) study of the Oss phenomenon. The authors examine several key aspects of Oss, for example: Definitions of Oss and Free Software, including a comprehensive guide to both Oss and nonOss software licences. Profiles of key Oss products, projects, companies and organisations. Analysis of the technological motivations for Oss development, with explicit reference to the possibility of Oss addressing the "software crisis."
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Dr. Joseph Feller is a College Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University College Cork. Previously, he was an Adjunct Professor at the Ringling School of Art and Design, in Florida. He was awarded the PhD by National University of Ireland, University College Cork.
Dr. Brian Fitzgerald is a Statutory Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University College Cork. He was awarded the PhD by the University of London and has published papers on systems development methodologies in a number of international academic journals, including IEEE Software, Information & Management, Journal of Information Technology, and The Information Systems Journal, and has presented systems development research at over 20 international conferences
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UNDERSTANDING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Joseph Feller & Brian Fitzgerald
"
This book is not the last word; last words are about dead things, and
Open Source development is quite lustily alive. But it is an important
step along the way, answering some questions and raising others that
will continue to be live and fruitful research topics.
Welcome to the conversation..."
From the foreword by Eric S. Raymond
Propelled by headline products such as Linux and Apache, the development and manufacture of Open Source Software (OSS) has become a multi-billion dollar industry in recent years. Unsurprisingly, much has been written about this phenomenon, but the central issues involved are too often obscured by myth, misunderstanding, and partisan opinion. In Understanding Open Source Software Development, Joseph Feller and Brian Fitzgerald have assembled the first complete and objective synthesis of the available literature, offering a unique one-stop reference for developers, researchers, managers and anyone else needing to grasp the key issues about OSS.
The book addresses the fundamental questions of "what, why, when, where and how" the Open Source process has been able to produce category -killing software without the support of a traditional software engineering environment and without the support of a traditional software company's marketing machine. In doing so, the authors provide:
- An understanding of the Open Source Definition and the major Open Source Licences;
- A context for OSS in the history of software development;
- An analytical framework for describing and understanding the OSS phenomenon;
- A roadmap of the key organizations and projects involved in OSS;
- An exploration of what motivates the adoption of OSS products, processes and business models;
- A critical discussion of the strengths, weaknesses and paradoxes of OSS development.
Understanding Open Source Software Development is complemented by the Open Source Resources portal at http://opensource.ucc.ie, featuring regularly maintained links to OSS companies, organizations, projects, publications, news , opinion, research and events.
Joseph Feller and Brian Fitzgerald have been extremely active in promoting the rigorous academic investigation of Open Source Software. They have guest-edited special issues of the Information Systems Journal and IEE Proceedings-Software on the topic, and were the lead organizers and proceedings editors of The 1st Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering held at ICSE 2001.
Joseph Feller is a Lecturer with the Business Information Systems Group, University College Cork, Ireland. His research on Open Source Software is published in several prominent conference proceedings and he is the author of Customer Friendly: Design Guidelines for eCommerce. He also edits the monthly professional journal, Inside XML Solutions.
Brian Fitzgerald is Senior Researcher with the Executive Systems Research Centre, University College Cork. He is an Associate Editor for the Information Systems Journal and Data Base, and author or co-author of four books and more than 50 papers. He has presented research at a number of international conferences, and, prior to entering academia, spent more than fifteen years in industry.
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Understanding Open Source Software Development
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Addison-Wesley, London, New York, World-wide, 2002
ISBN 10: 0201734966
ISBN 13: 9780201734966
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Paper Cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First Printing. 211 pages; illustrated with Figures and graphs. How "the Open Source process has been able to produce category-killing software without the support of a traditional software engineering environment and without the support of a traditional software company's marketing machine." Book condition: Cover corners & lower spine ends have some minor wear. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0004595
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