The ISIS-software family: from ‘Free and Open' to ‘Free and Open Source Software'

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research Pub Date : 2009-01-26 DOI:10.4314/INNOVATION.V36I1.26544

E. D. Smet

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In this article the (CDS/)ISIS software will be discussed as a ‘predecessor' to the ‘Free and Open Source' (FOSS) software development movement which is currently gaining importance, also in the library and documentation field. Even though the full adherence of ISIS to this movement is of recent date, we will illustrate how from its beginning – which is very long ago in computer science traditions – the software had concepts of being ‘free' and even ‘open' by referring to several technical elements and aspects in this sense. Therefore it is claimed that the software has always been ‘free and open' but only recently fully moved to the ‘free and open-source' type.1 Some experiences in teaching students and training system managers on the software will be discussed in the light of this specific context of being ‘open software'. Finally, the current ‘FOSS' ISIS-projects are briefly described as they will define the software's future, with a call to the wider community to contribute, in order to make ISIS a real FOSS project. Innovation Vol. 36 2008: pp. 38-47

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isis软件家族:从“免费和开放”到“免费和开源软件”

在本文中，(CDS/)ISIS软件将作为“自由和开放源代码”(FOSS)软件开发运动的“前身”进行讨论，该运动目前在库和文档领域也越来越重要。尽管ISIS对这一运动的完全坚持是最近的事情，但我们将说明，从一开始——这在计算机科学传统中是很久以前的事了——软件是如何在这个意义上通过参考几个技术元素和方面来具有“自由”甚至“开放”的概念的。因此，有人声称软件一直是“自由和开放的”，但直到最近才完全转向“自由和开源”类型本文将根据“开放软件”的具体背景，讨论在软件教学和培训系统管理人员方面的一些经验。最后，简要描述了当前的“自由/开源”ISIS项目，因为它们将定义软件的未来，并呼吁更广泛的社区做出贡献，以使ISIS成为一个真正的自由/开源项目。创新Vol. 36 2008: pp. 38-47

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Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research SOCIOLOGY-

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