FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE HACKERS IN TURKEY

1 Introduction Availability of source code in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS [1]) is defined with its three essential features [2]. 1- Source code must be distributed with the software or otherwise made available for no more than the cost of distribution. 2- Anyone may redistribute the software for free, without royalties or licensing fees to the author. 3- Anyone may modify the software or derive other software from it, and then distribute the modified software under the same terms (Weber, 2004: 5). However, FOSS is still a puzzlement for a wide spectrum of academic disciplines: software engineering, industrial engineering, economics,

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