IBM's Pragmatic Embrace of Open Source.

The article discusses IBM Corp.'s adoption of an open source software model. Though IBM began as a strong advocate of intellectual property rights for computer programs, the company has embraced open source software under the General Public License in the 2000s. The company is showing its dedication...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 49; no. 10; pp. 21 - 26
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2006
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Sumario:The article discusses IBM Corp.'s adoption of an open source software model. Though IBM began as a strong advocate of intellectual property rights for computer programs, the company has embraced open source software under the General Public License in the 2000s. The company is showing its dedication to the open source movement by contributing $100 million a year to the development of Linux and other open source projects, as well as donating some of its proprietary software to strengthen Linux's ability to provide enterprise-level capabilities.