Open AccessDevelopment and Economic Benefits of Open Source Software
Author(s) -
András Simon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta agraria debreceniensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-1640
DOI - 10.34101/actaagrar/34/2838
Subject(s) - computer science , intellectual property , software , open source software , point (geometry) , government (linguistics) , face (sociological concept) , open source , software development , software engineering , data science , sociology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , programming language , operating system
This paper discusses open source software which became one of the most important trends in the software industry recently. The most often asked questions in this area are those related to intellectual property rights. The author used a more general approach and tried to give a survey of the advantages and disadvantages that the market players (developers, government and last but not least users) have to face.After sketching the history of open source software and discussing some of the prevailing definitions, we turn out attention to the starting point: what motivates the developers? Then we give a general overview of the advantages and disadvantages of open source software. In the next part, the author analyses the software policies of the EU partially based on the abovementioned advantages and disadvantages. Finally the paper concludes with the discussion of user benefits and costs.