@article {1343,
	title = {A Framework for Understanding the Open Source Revolution},
	journal = {International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {1 - 16},
	abstract = {Traditional software engineering methodologies have mostly evolved from the environment of proprietary, large-scale software systems. Here, software design principles operate within a hierarchical decision-making context. Development of banking, enterprise resource and complex weapons systems all fit this paradigm. However, another paradigm for developing software-intensive systems has emerged, the paradigm of open source software. Although from a traditional perspective open source projects might look like chaos, their real-world results have been spectacular. This chapter presents open source software development as a fundamentally new paradigm driven by economics and facilitated by new processes. The new paradigm{\textquoteright}s revolutionary aspects are explored, a framework for describing the massive impact brought about by the new paradigm is proposed, and directions of future research are outlined. The proposed framework{\textquoteright}s goals are to help the understanding of the open source paradigm as a new economic revolution and stimulate research in designing open source software.},
	issn = {1942-3934},
	doi = {10.4018/jossp.2009070101},
	author = {Elpern, Jeff and Dascalu, Sergiu}
}
