It is commonly believed that every contributor to a free and open source software project owns copyright in their … strongly consistent with the social construct of free software. This view is based on a belief that the application of the … existing copyright law of joint authorship will undermine the intended operation of the free software license and thus fail to …

strategy of a seller of proprietary software (such as Microsoft Office) is impacted by product piracy and the presence of Open … Source Software alternatives (such as Open Office). Our results, based on an analytical model, show that the losses incurred … externalities. Therefore, for products characterized by high network externalities (such as software), it is crucial for sellers to …

Much of today's software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …

Much of today’s software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …