"This book examines how use of open source software (OSS) is affecting society, business, government, education, and …Section 1. Culture, Society, and Open Source Software -- 1. Free Software Philosophy and Open Source -- 2. Greasemonkey … and a Challenge to Notions of Authorship -- 3. Morality and Pragmatism in Free Software and Open Source -- 4. Hacker …

domains. It asserts trends in the evolution of software practices and solutions to the challenges ubiquitous nature free and … open source software provides"--Provided by publisher. …Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Volunteers in large libre software projects / Martin Michlmayr, Gregorio Robles, Jesus …

"This book gives an overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development …. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes … open source software development, and analyzes chances and risks for cooperation with traditional organizations and the …

and open source software ecology, finds of influential nodes in Sourceforge.net using Social Net-work analysis, graph … and open source software in engineering education"-- …