Applying Elinor Ostrom's Rule Classification Framework to the Analysis of Open Source Software Commons

Charles M. Schweik () and Meelis Kitsing
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Charles M. Schweik: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Transnational Corporations Review, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 13-26

Abstract: This research investigates the utility of Ostrom and Crawford's rule classification framework (elaborated in Understanding Institutional Diversity) in the systematic study of rule systems in a set of relatively complex open source projects and their overarching non-profit foundation. Using this framework, Rule configurations are described for the overall Open Source Geospatial Foundation and for each of seven associated geospatial projects.

Keywords: Ostrom; Crawford; classification; rules; software (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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