Posicionamentos Políticos nos Estudos da Temática do Software Livre | Political positions in the study of free software

Impactos da Escolha da Licença na Dinâmica de Desenvolvimento de Software Livre

O objetivo foi analisar os impactos da escolha da licença na dinâmica de desenvolvimento de projetos de software livre, isto é, na evolução do aplicativo. Um fator-chave para o sucesso de um projeto de software livre é a sua dinâmica de desenvolvimento, dependente da atração e retenção de usuários e desenvolvedores. A licença desempenha um papel importante nesse cenário, pois, ao impor restriçõ...

Uma Análise Avaliativa de Ferramentas de Software Livre no Contexto da Implementação do Processo de Gerência de Requisitos do MPS.BR

The market’s demands intensify the search for quality in software development and, as a result, it makes that even more companies adopt models in order to improve their software processes and, consequently, their final product. In addition to this, the time for product delivery can be significantly reduced when proper tools for a quicker evolution of the process are adopted. This paper presents...

Not Just Software: Free Software and the (Techno) Political Action

The practice of developing and creating Free Software has been the centre of attention for studies related to economics, knowledge production, laws and the intellectual property framework. However, the practice that constitutes the initiative of Free Software also means a call to rethink current forms of political action and the in-depth meaning of what is understood as “political”. This consti...

Adoção de Software Livre em Universidades Brasileiras

Cenários 3D Interativos com Software Livre

With the technological evolution and the emergence of the virtual reality, graphic systems have becoming more realistic. In this context, there is great interest in the creation of three-dimensional scenes added by threedimensional visualization. This tutorial presents the steps for the development of interactive 3D applications using free software. The paper also presents how to generate the s...