Title :
Free and Open Source Software
Author :
Miller, Keith W. ; Voas, Jeffrey ; Costello, Tom
Abstract :
In this paper, free and open source software are discussed. Open source is an intellectual property destroyer. Nothing could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. Microsoft has an official open source presence on the Web (www.microsoft.com/opensource), and in July 2010, Jean Paoli, the General Manager for Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft, delivered a keynote address at the O´Reilly Open Source Convention.
Keywords :
industrial property; open systems; public domain software; software development management; free software; intellectual property business; interoperability strategy; open source software; software business; Computers; Licenses; NIST; Open source software; Open systems; FOSS; Free and open source software; information technology;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2010.147
