The Economics of Open Source Software : A Survey of the Early Literature

This paper reviews the recent literature on the economics of open source software. Two different sets of issues are addressed. The first looks at the incentives of programmers to participate in open source projects. The second considers the business models used by profit-making firms in the open source industry, and the effects on existing closed source firms. Some possible future research directions are also given

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Schiff, Aaron
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Open Source \| Open source \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Software \| Softwareindustrie \| Software industry

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (9 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Review of Network Economics, Vol. 1, March 2002
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.338000 [DOI]
Classification:	L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software ; L19 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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