Add to ORKGWe demonstrate that different categories of software raise different ethical concerns with respect to whether software ought to be Free Software or Proprietary Software. We outline the ethical tension between Free Software and Proprietary Software that stems from the two kinds of licenses. For some categories of software we develop support for normative statements regarding the software development landscape. We claim that as society's use of software changes, the ethical analysis for that category of software must necessarily be repeated. Finally, we make a utilitarian argument that the software development environment should encourage both Free Software and Proprietary Software to flourish
This paper examines the distinctions in talking about computer software that has implications for bo...
Abstract. This paper analyzes free software under the light of commons theories, and tries to answer...
The Free Open Source Software (FOSS) seem far from the military field but in some cases, some techno...
We demonstrate that different categories of software raise different ethical concerns with respect t...
Free Software (FS), a concept developed by Richard Stallman in the 1980s, has served as a foundation...
Abstract. The digital world provides various ethical frames for individuals to become ethical subjec...
Recently the University of Göteborg held an online course in the theory and philosophy of free softw...
The production of most mass-market software can be grouped roughly according to free and proprietary...
This paper shall give a brief history of Free Software and Open Source, then shall describe the back...
The development of software was considered until the beginning of the 1990th as a cathedral like pro...
Abstract – “Free software licenses are a natural choice in a research environment. ” In the followin...
One of the puzzling aspects of open-source software (OSS) development is its public good nature. Ind...
The principles of free and open source software development are academically understood to be at odd...
Open source Software is turning into the most remarkable "emerging " sensation of the enti...
This article helps to clarify and articulate the ideological, legal, and ethical attitudes regarding...
This paper examines the distinctions in talking about computer software that has implications for bo...
Abstract. This paper analyzes free software under the light of commons theories, and tries to answer...
The Free Open Source Software (FOSS) seem far from the military field but in some cases, some techno...
We demonstrate that different categories of software raise different ethical concerns with respect t...
Free Software (FS), a concept developed by Richard Stallman in the 1980s, has served as a foundation...
Abstract. The digital world provides various ethical frames for individuals to become ethical subjec...
Recently the University of Göteborg held an online course in the theory and philosophy of free softw...
The production of most mass-market software can be grouped roughly according to free and proprietary...
This paper shall give a brief history of Free Software and Open Source, then shall describe the back...
The development of software was considered until the beginning of the 1990th as a cathedral like pro...
Abstract – “Free software licenses are a natural choice in a research environment. ” In the followin...
One of the puzzling aspects of open-source software (OSS) development is its public good nature. Ind...
The principles of free and open source software development are academically understood to be at odd...
Open source Software is turning into the most remarkable "emerging " sensation of the enti...
This article helps to clarify and articulate the ideological, legal, and ethical attitudes regarding...
This paper examines the distinctions in talking about computer software that has implications for bo...
Abstract. This paper analyzes free software under the light of commons theories, and tries to answer...
The Free Open Source Software (FOSS) seem far from the military field but in some cases, some techno...