Open Source: Technology and Policy - Hardcover

Deek, Fadi P.; McHugh, James A. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052188103X ISBN 13: 9780521881036

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Find out why some people spend their own time writing complex software, then distribute the source code for free.

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About the Authors

Fadi P. Deek received his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and Professor of Information Systems, Information Technology, and Mathematical Sciences at NJIT, where he began his academic career as a Teaching Assistant in 1985. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty - Rutgers University Ph.D. Program in Management.

James A. M. McHugh received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. During the course of his career, he has been a member of technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories (Wave Propagation Laboratory), Director of the Ph.D. program in computer science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Acting Chair of Computer and Information Science Department at NJIT, and Director of the Program in Information Technology. He is currently a tenured Full Professor in the Computer Science Department at NJIT.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052188103X
• ISBN 13: 9780521881036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 382