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Bug-fixing and code-writing : the private provision of open source software

Bitzer, Jürgen; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2002

the benefits he gained from having it justified the cost of programming. Nevertheless each agent is tempted to free ride … information, job signaling, repeated contribution to the public good and uncertainty in programming. The resulting game does not … programming skills; the startup (and collapse) of an OSS project displays bandwagon dynamics. …

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Intrinsic motivation in open source software development

Bitzer, Jürgen; Schrettl, Wolfram; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2004

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Intrinsic motivation in open source software development

Bitzer, Jürgen; Schrettl, Wolfram; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2004

This papers sheds light on the puzzling evidence that even though open source software (OSS) is a public good, it is developed for free by highly qualified, young and motivated individuals, and evolves at a rapid pace. We show that once OSS development is understood as the private provision of a...