The article turns to classical economic insights on the division of labor and to institutional reasoning to identify some costs and benefits of open source software (OSS) and proprietary software production. It suggests that, thanks to its licenses, OSS favors market expansion more than proprietary
The economics of open source software for a competitive firm
β Scribed by Richard E. Hawkins
- Book ID
- 106485133
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1385-9587
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