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What is Mission Sensitive Nonprofit Open Source Applications

Chapter 36
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Applications specifically designed to promote and further the mission objectives of a nonprofit such as case management for domestic violence or human rights monitoring applications. These applications are typically not mainstream, with a harder business case for supporting developers to create and maintain applications.
Published in Chapter:
Open Source Technology and Ideology in the Nonprofi t Context
Jonathan Peizer (Internaut Consulting, USA)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch036
Abstract
This chapter contextualizes open source development and deployment in the nonprofit sector and discusses issues of ideology that often accompany it. The chapter separates and defines the ideologies of application development, selection and use, describing the different issues and impacts each creates in the nonprofit context. The purpose of the article is to clearly articulate the unique dynamics of application development and deployment in the nonprofit or social value context and where to apply ideological considerations for best effect.
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