DocumentCode
3536746
Title
Review on free and open source software
Author
Yang, Jing ; Wang, Jiang
Author_Institution
Sch. of Manage. & Econ., Kunming Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kunming
Volume
1
fYear
2008
fDate
12-15 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
1044
Lastpage
1049
Abstract
This study investigated the history of free and open source software (FOSS), comparative analyzed notions of free software and open source software, further studied on support forces and development status of free and open source software. Based on comprehensive review, we aim to suggest that free and open source software has a very bright development prospects.
Keywords
public domain software; software engineering; free software; open source software; proprietary software; Collaborative software; Computer hacking; Cultural differences; History; Licenses; Linux; Open source hardware; Open source software; Programming profession; Technology management; FOSS; free software; open source software; proprietary software;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2012-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2013-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686552
Filename
4686552
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