The paper analyzes the impact of institutional and cultural factors on a remarkable economic activity: the production of so-called open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and...

The Social Capital View -- Open Source Software and Firm Involvement -- Private-Collective Innovation and Open Source Software: Longitudinal Insights from Linux Kernel Development -- Social Capital Effect on Value Contribution - Revealing Differences between Voluntary and Firm-Sponsored Open...

It is commonly believed that every contributor to a free and open source software project owns copyright in their incremental contribution to the project, and owns it solely. It is also commonly believed that one must avoid a legal conclusion that the project code is jointly authored—and...

An enduring issue that intrigues researchers and practitioners in open-source software (OSS) development is what motivates individuals to participate and make contributions, given the lack of numerating mechanisms. Amidst several end-state-focused motives advocated by prior studies (such as...

As a community-based innovation, Open Source Software (OSS) development intrigues researchers and practitioners, especially on why OSS projects succeed with light coordination and control mechanisms. In the view that the viability and sustainability of an OSS project rely on individuals’...

Open Source Software communities are exemplars of online and virtual collaboration among software developers. However, such communities are typified by a scarcity of volunteers with the result that OSS projects typically strive to garner necessary expertise. This study attempts to understand how...