Getting Started with Open Source Development
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Table of Contents<br />
Preface ............................................................................................................................. 13<br />
Who should read this book? ........................................................................................ 13<br />
How is this book structured? ........................................................................................ 13<br />
A book for the community ............................................................................................ 13<br />
Conventions ................................................................................................................. 14<br />
What’s next? ................................................................................................................ 14<br />
About the authors ........................................................................................................... 17<br />
Contributors .................................................................................................................... 19<br />
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 19<br />
Chapter 1 – Introduction to open source development .............................................. 21<br />
1.1 A brief history about open source development .................................................... 21<br />
1.2 The evolution of the open source movement ........................................................ 22<br />
1.3 FLOSS - Free, libre, open source software ........................................................... 24<br />
1.4 Advantages and disadvantages of open source .................................................... 25<br />
1.4.1 Pros ................................................................................................................. 25<br />
1.4.2 Cons ................................................................................................................ 26<br />
1.5 <strong>Open</strong> source trends and perspectives ................................................................... 26<br />
1.6 Career path ............................................................................................................ 27<br />
1.7 Exercises ............................................................................................................... 27<br />
1.8 Summary ................................................................................................................ 27<br />
1.9 Review questions ................................................................................................... 28<br />
Chapter 2 – <strong>Open</strong> source business models ................................................................. 31<br />
2.1 <strong>Open</strong> source business models: The big picture .................................................... 31<br />
2.2 Dual licensing ......................................................................................................... 33<br />
2.3 Split open source software / commercial products ................................................ 34<br />
2.4 Product specialists ................................................................................................. 35<br />
2.5 Platform providers .................................................................................................. 36<br />
2.6 Business model relationship to license .................................................................. 37<br />
2.7 <strong>Open</strong> source business model and proprietary software ........................................ 38<br />
2.8 Summary ................................................................................................................ 39<br />
2.9 Exercises ............................................................................................................... 39<br />
2.10 Review questions ................................................................................................. 40<br />
Chapter 3 – Licensing ..................................................................................................... 43<br />
3.1 Intellectual property, copyright and licensing: The big picture ............................... 43<br />
3.2 <strong>Open</strong> source licensing ........................................................................................... 44<br />
3.2.1 History of open source licensing ..................................................................... 44<br />
3.2.2 Commonly used open source licenses ........................................................... 46<br />
3.3 Choosing the right license ..................................................................................... 47<br />
3.4 Exercises ............................................................................................................... 48<br />
3.5 Summary ................................................................................................................ 48<br />
3.6 Review questions ................................................................................................... 48<br />
Chapter 4 – Community driven development .............................................................. 51<br />
4.1 Community driven development: The big picture .................................................. 51
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