Free/open source software development / Stefan Koch, editor
Imprint
Hershey : Idea Group, c2005
Descript
xiv, 309 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Do not check in on red: Control meets anarchy in two open source projects -- Analyzing the anatomy of GNU/Linux distributions: Methodology and case studies (Red Hat and Debian) -- The co-evolution of systems and communities in free and open source software development -- The role of modularity in free/open source software development -- A quantitative study of the adoption of design patterns by open source software developers -- Coordination and social structures in an open source project: VideoLAN -- Free software development process: Cooperation and conflict in a virtual organizational culture -- Dynamical simulation models of the open source development -- Modeling the free/open source software community: A quantitative investigation -- Benefits and pitfalls of open source in commercial contexts -- Experiences enhancing open source security in the POSSE project -- The impact of open source development on the social construction of intellectual property -- The social production of ethics in Debian and free software communities: Anthropological lessons for vocational ethics