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 …

"This book reviews open and free software used in e-learning, examines the pedagogy behind FOSS and how it is applied … and responsive online learning environment / Janet Buchan -- 7. Building open learning environment for software … user activity in free and open source software (FOSS)/ open learning management systems / Owen McGrath -- 9. Implementing …

"This book reviews the development, design, and use of free and open source software, providing relevant topics of …1. Open source software adoption / Brian Fitzgerald -- 2. Tools and datasets for mining libre software repositories … gap between agile and free software approaches / Paul Adams, Andrea Capiluppi -- 5. Teaching software engineering with …

source software, highlighting the development processes performed by software programmers, the motivations of its …An empirical study of open source software usability: the industrial perspective / Arif Raza, Luiz Fernando Capretz …, Faheem Ahmed -- Factors affecting the development of absorptive capacity in the adoption of open source software / Kris Ven …

The TeX typesetting software was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 1970s. It was released with an open source … uncovered in previous studies of other open source software projects, such as GNU/Linux, an operating system, and Apache, a web … that are at work and influence the project. The case study explores the economic impact of the TeX software which is sold …

and compares those two models and then analyzes the influence the development of one type of software has on the … the development of the (La)TeX software were compared to its proprietary equivalents. The models that are presented in … this paper describe some aspects of the strategic interactions between proprietary and open-source software. The paper …

This is a case study of TeX, a typesetting software that was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 70's. Released … program's code, the software that is part of the TeX distribution, the newsgroups dedicated to the software, and many other …

This paper examines the choice of license terms along the development of a piece of software. Three licenses are … compared, the proprietary one, the Berkeley Software Distribution, and the General Public License. The choice of one or the … other license depends on the characteristics of the software's user base, the market conditions on the developers' job …