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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Open Source Policy
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Intellectual Property and Cyberinfrastructure
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June 15, 2007
The development of a new generation of cyberinfrastructure promises to increase and facilitate globally distributed scientific collaboration as well as access to scientific research via computer …
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Open Source 2010: Reflections on 2007
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January 1, 2007
© 2007 Brad Wheeler EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 42, no. 1 (January/February 2007): 48–67. Brad Wheeler is Chief Information Officer for Indiana University and Dean of IT for IU-Bloomington…
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Considering Open Source: A Framework for Evaluating Software in the New Economy
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January 2, 2007
Open source software and the community source movement are raising questions for administrators about whether and when to adopt or devote resources to software development projects, provoking que…
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Software and Collaboration in Higher Education: A Study of Open Source Software
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January 1, 2006
In recent years over a dozen open source software (OSS) projects have been launched among higher education institutions with the aim of meeting the community's needs more effectively and at le…
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Software and Seeds: Open Source Methods
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January 1, 2005
Open source methodologies used in software are interrogated and then compared to the methods used in farmers' rights groups. The use of open source methods in other contexts illustrates increa…
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To Open Source or Not to Open Source: Strategic Planning
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August 8, 2005
With open source options for most of the academic enterprise stack (e.g. Moodle, Sakai, Kuali, OSPI, uPortal) and many "open course" online resources, what are the issues? What are the r…
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Open Source in Education: Evolving the IT Marketplace
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August 8, 2005
Open source projects are proliferating throughout higher education. This trend raises hopes for new business models, opportunities for collaboration, questions of sustainability and long-term viabi…
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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Incentives in Profit–Oriented Firms Supplying Open Source Products and Services
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January 1, 2005
This paper contributes to the literature on Open Source (OS) software by providing empirical evidence on the incentives of firms that engage in OS activities. Data collected by a survey conducted o…
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Open Source: National Frameworks
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January 1, 2005
Open Source: national frameworks was a one-day conference held in central London that addressed the following topics: * e-Government in the UK, and the status of current government recommendat…
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Patents, Open Standards and Open Source
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January 1, 2005
The author discusses Open Standards and Open Source in the context of the European Union. The author discusses Open Standards and Open Source in the co…

















