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.