Information policies and open source software in developing countries

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Câmara, Gilberto ^a   Fonseca, Frederico ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS); SHARED CONCEPTUALIZATION; TAXONOMY;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 33845994381     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20444     Document Type: Article

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