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Software Adaptation in an Open Environment

Gerard Prudhomme

9781773615752
258 pages
Arcler Education Inc
Overview
Software adaptation in an open environment examines various dimensions of softwareadaptation with a brief description on four different freedoms and benefits of using freesoftware. It includes the meaning of free and open source, GPL, describing basic pointsof distinction between the two. It provides a detailed description about the history of freesoftware community. It also provides the reader with the insights into the development ofsoftware world and free software community, so as to understand the actual meaning offree software and how it opposes proprietary software.
Author Bio
Gerard I. Prudhomme has a graduate degree (M.S.) for Computer Sciencefrom University College London (UCL). He has also worked as a softwareprogrammer and tech writer for different Fortune 500 companies, andstudied at UCL, Harvard, and Oxford.