[Web4lib] Favorite open source books and/or online resources?

[Shaun Ellis]

Here are some I've stumbled upon...

Decoding Liberation - The promise of open source software
By Samir Chopra and Scott D. Dexter
http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~bcfoss/DL/

Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software 
Project
by Karl Fogel
http://producingoss.com/

Code 2.0
by Lawrence Lessig
http://pdf.codev2.cc/Lessig-Codev2.pdf
Talks about limits of open code in a broader perspective of law and 
Internet regulation.

Open Source Democracy
by Douglass Rushkoff
http://www.rushkoff.com/downloads/opensourcedemocracy.pdf
How the open source software concepts apply to, and will influence, 
politics and democracy.

Good luck,
Shaun

Karin Dalziel wrote:

>I'm a library student doing a reference assignment on building a part of a
>collection. The subject I have chosen is open source software- in specific,
>I'm looking for books and online resources that would be useful for
>undergraduate computer science students. I'm looking at books both on using
>open source as a business model and general books on how open source
>projects work. I'm less interested in technical books detailing "how to
>complete project x with open source tools y."
>
>So, anyone have any recommendations?
>
>I am collecting books I find in a worldcat list here:
>
>         http://worldcat.org/profiles/karindalziel/lists/25571
>
>And I'm collecting online resources bookmarks here:
>
>         http://del.icio.us/karindalziel/refopensourceassn
>
>I have to admit this was slightly selfish on my part, as I want to read up
>on the topic too. :)
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Karin Dalziel
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Shaun Ellis
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Rutgers University Libraries
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