Abstract
The paper analyzes the incentives of individual programmers and of commercial companies to participate in open source projects. While these incentives are in our opinion well accounted for by the economic paradigm, much empirical and theoretical work is still needed to answer the many interesting questions suggested by the open source movement.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 819-826 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | European Economic Review |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 4-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2001 |
Keywords
- Research and development
- Software
- Technological innovation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics