内容简介
作为一名政治学家，编者更关心社区的管理方式，而非技术本身。编者之所以对开源产生兴趣，正是因为这个新兴的技术社区似乎能够以一种非常新奇而动人的方式，解决在编者看来相当棘手但常见的基本管理问题。在本书的最后，编者提出的论点是，开源社区首创精神的意义尤为深远。通过探讨构成财产的基本概念，该社区重新改写了一些最基本的管理问题。与此同时，它正在重建软件世界的政治学和经济学。假如您就像编者一样深信，在未来，软件构成的一些核心工具和原则将指导人类如何协同工作，协助人们创造财富并开创美好的未来，寻求新思想和新问题的解决方案，那么，理解开源如何改变这些过程至关重要。
作者简介
ProfessorofpoliticalscienceandprofessorattheSchoolofInformationofUCBerkeleyExpertise:Internationalrelations,nationalsecurity,internationalbusinessandtheinformationeconomy.Background:WeberhasheldacademicfellowshipswiththeCouncilonForeignRelations,servedasspecialconsultanttothepresidentoftheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopmentinLondon,andworkedwiththeU.S.StateDepartmentandothergovernmentagenciesonforeignpolicyissues,riskanalysisandforecasting.In2000,hewasaconsultanttotheU.S.CommissiononNationalSecurityinthe21stCentury,whichissuedablueribbonreporttoCongressshortlybeforetheattacksofSept.11,2001,andhewasinManhattanthedayoftheattack.WeberisalongtimeconsultantonglobalpoliticaleconomyissuesforGlobalBusinessNetwork(www.gbn.com),amemberoftheMonitorGroup.Hehasdonelocal,stateandnationalinterviews,includingbroadcast.OnwhetherAmericansaresafertodaythanonSept.11,2001,he’sofferedpowerfulquotessuchasthese:"Makenomistakethough:we'redealingwithanadversarythatadaptsandisentirelycapableofdesigningaroundeverythingthatwedo.Theriskisthatwehavebecomeverygoodatprotectingourselvesagainstyesterday'sthreat,andareunawareoftomorrow's.Ifwe'veimprovedthesecurityof10,000softtargetsinthiscountry,thereexistanother20,000ormorethatremainshockinglyvulnerable.""Thecorerealityofhomelandsecurityisthatwecan'tprotecteverything,wecan'tprotecteveryone,andwecan'tprotecteveryoneequally.Whichmeansthatweareattheveryearlystagesofalongergame,agameinwhichtheattackerhasanadvantageoverthedefenderbecausetheattackercanpickthetimeandplacetostrike.Thewaytowininthisgameisthroughintelligence,notsecurityperse.AndourintelligenceoperationsarebarelybetterthantheywereonSeptember10,2001.Inthemediumandlongterm,thatiswhereoureffortneedstogo."Weber'smajorpublicationsinclude"TheSuccessofOpenSource,""CooperationandDiscordinU.S.-SovietArmsControl,"andtheeditedbook"GlobalizationandtheEuropeanPoliticalEconomy."Healsoco-authored"TheEndofArrogance:AmericaintheGlobalCompetitionofIdeas"(2010).
