Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software - Table of Contents

March 2007
6 x 9, 570 pp., 40 illus.
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0-262-56227-8
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Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
Edited by Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam and Karim R. Lakhani
Foreword by Michael Cusumano
Afterword by Clay Shirky

	Foreword by Michael Cusumano Sample Chapter - Download PDF (33 KB)	xi

	Acknowledgments Sample Chapter - Download PDF (19 KB)	xv

	Introduction Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam and Karim R. Lakhani Sample Chapter - Download PDF (69 KB)	xvii

I	Motivation in Free/Open Source Software Development	1

1	Why Hackers Do What They Do Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects Karim R. Lakhani and Robert G. Wolf Sample Chapter - Download PDF (81 KB)	3

2	Understanding Free Software Developers Findings from the FLOSS Study Rishab Aiyer Ghosh Sample Chapter - Download PDF (118 KB)	23

3	Economic Perspectives on Open Source Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole Sample Chapter - Download PDF (126 KB)	47

II	The Evaluation of Free/Open Source Software Development	79

4	Standing in Front of the Open Source Steamroller Robert L. Glass Sample Chapter - Download PDF (61 KB)	81

5	Has Open Source Software a Future? Brian Fitzgerald Sample Chapter - Download PDF (65 KB)	93

6	Open Source Software Development: Future or Fad? Srdjan Rusovan, Mark Lawford and David Lorge Parnas Sample Chapter - Download PDF (91 KB)	107

7	Attaining Robust Open Source Software Peter G. Neumann Sample Chapter - Download PDF (28 KB)	123

8	Open and Closed Systems are Equivalent (That Is, in an Ideal World) Ross Anderson Sample Chapter - Download PDF (82 KB)	127

9	Making Lightning Strike Twice Charles B. Weinstock and Scott A. Hissam Sample Chapter - Download PDF (72 KB)	143

III	Free/Open Source Processes and Tools	161

10	Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and Mozilla Audris Mockus, Roy T. Fielding and James D. Herbsleb Sample Chapter - Download PDF (267 KB)	163

11	Software Engineering Practices in the GNOME Project Daniel M. German Sample Chapter - Download PDF (91 KB)	211

12	Incremental and Decentralized Integration in FreeBSD Niels Jorgensen Sample Chapter - Download PDF (76 KB)	227

13	Adopting Open Source Software Engineering (OSSE) Practices by Adopting OSSE Tools Jason Robbins Sample Chapter - Download PDF (82 KB)	245

IV	Free/Open Source Software Economic and Business Models	265

14	Open Source Software Projects as "User Innovation Networks" Eric von Hippel Sample Chapter - Download PDF (70 KB)	267

15	An Analysis of Open Source Business Models Sandeep Krishnamurthy Sample Chapter - Download PDF (206 KB)	279

16	The Allocation of Software Development Resources in Open Source Production Mode Jean-Michel Dalle and Paul A. David Sample Chapter - Download PDF (141 KB)	297

17	Shared Source: The Microsoft Perspective Jason Matusow Sample Chapter - Download PDF (72 KB)	329

V	Law, Community, and Society	347

18	Open Code and Open Societies Lawrence Lessig Sample Chapter - Download PDF (62 KB)	349

19	Legal Aspects of Free and Open Source Software David McGowan Sample Chapter - Download PDF (114 KB)	361

20	Nonprofit Foundations and Their Role in Community-Firm Software Collaboration Siobhan O'Mahony Sample Chapter - Download PDF (103 KB)	393

21	Free Science Christopher Kelty Sample Chapter - Download PDF (72 KB)	415

22	High Noon at OS Corral Duels and Shoot-Outs in Open Source Anna Maria Szczepanska, Magnus Bergquist and Jan Ljungberg Sample Chapter - Download PDF (125 KB)	431

23	Libre Software Policies at the European Level Phillipe Aigrain Sample Chapter - Download PDF (64 KB)	447

24	The Open Source Paradigm Shift Tim O'Reilly Sample Chapter - Download PDF (86 KB)	461

	Epilogue: Open Source outside the Domain of Software Clay Shirky Sample Chapter - Download PDF (42 KB)	483

	References Sample Chapter - Download PDF (96 KB)	489

	List of Contributors Sample Chapter - Download PDF (59 KB)	513

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (61 KB)	525

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