The free/open source software movement: Resistance or change?

Student Movement in Contemporary Iran; Independent or Affiliated Movement

The student movement is considered as one of the important issues of Iranian political sociology, but its role and its nature and its relationship with other movements and movements in Iran have been discussed. The present article is trying to answer the role and function of the student movement in Iran. Using a descriptive-analytic approach, political currents have become instrumental in most ...

Challenging computer software frontiers and the human resistance to change

This paper examines the driving and opposing forces that are governing the current paradigm shift from a dataprocessing information technology environment without software intelligence to an information-centric environment in which data changes are automatically interpreted within the context of the application domain. The driving forces are related to the large quantity of data and the complex...

Resistance to change friend or foe?

De-Commodifying Software? Open Source Software Between Business Strategy and Social Movement

Focusing on open source software the origin, development and organisation of a process of de-commodification is examined in an industry that usually relies on strong provisions to protect intellectual property. Open source denotes a cooperative and voluntary mode of software development cross-cutting organisational boundaries and transcending relations of market exchange. Starting with the Open...

Resistance as Motivation for Innovation: Open Source Software

Resistance is frequently viewed as a negative aspect of human interaction. Although resistance manifests itself in numerous ways, resistance to change is frequent when individuals are introduced to new ideas or innovations. This form of resistance can limit forward progress of either an individual or an organization. However, a few papers investigated possible positive roles of resistance in hu...