This article analyses the phenomenon of using the Open Source software. Its aim is to verify the existence of a … positive direct network effect that characterizes using of the Open Source software. The multivariate probit model is used to … extract factors motivating users to the usage of the Open Source software. Special attention is paid to demographic …

This is a case study of TeX, a typesetting software that was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 70's. Released … knowledge in academia; there is no set organization with a hierarchy, but free collaboration that is coordinated spontaneously … program's code, the software that is part of the TeX distribution, the newsgroups dedicated to the software, and many other …

The TeX typesetting software was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 1970s. It was released with an open source … uncovered in previous studies of other open source software projects, such as GNU/Linux, an operating system, and Apache, a web … that are at work and influence the project. The case study explores the economic impact of the TeX software which is sold …

device, of vertical restraints through interbrand competition, of price discrimination and to the theory of innovation … to the protection of IPRs to promote innovation. …

shared development of these components. This paper presents an overview of the motivation behind and the design of PySAL, as … well as suggestions for how the library can be used with other software projects. Empirical illustrations of several key …

Software can be distributed closed source (proprietary) or open source (developed collaboratively). While a firm cannot … sell open source software, and so loses potential sales revenue, the open source software development process can have a … substantial positive impact on the quality of a software, its diffusion, and, consequently, the demand for a complementary product …

Software ist ein Gut, welches besondere ökonomische Eigenschaften aufweist. In diesem Artikel werden - ausgehend von … einer allgemeinen Definition des Gutes Software - systematisch zentrale ökonomische Eigenschaften herausgearbeitet, welche … subsummieren: Software als System zur Datenverarbeitung, Software als System von Befehlen bzw. Anweisungen, Software als …

Das Papier charakterisiert die spezifischen Eigenschaften des Gutes Software. Als Alternative zur Bereitstellung von … Software über Märkte werden die Charakteristika der "freien" Open-Source-Softwareentwicklung dargestellt, bei der die … Konsumentenpräferenzen aufweist. Das Papier ist gleichzeitig ein kritischer Kommentar zur Open-Source-Software-Studie von Kalwey u.a. (2003). …

source projects. Increasing firms’ participation in the development of open source software (OSS) is generally perceived as a …

The rivalry between developers of open source and proprietary software encourages open source developers to court users … may choose liberal license terms such as those of the Berkeley Software Distribution as proprietary developers will then … find it easier to adopt her standard in their products. If she wants to promote the use of open source software per se, she …