Le logiciel libre et la communauté autorégulée

Maryline Meyer and François Montagne

Revue d'économie politique, 2007, vol. 117, issue 3, 387-405

Abstract: Open source software is a public good voluntarily provided by a community of autonomous developers. His production model refers to new developments in the economic theory of governance. We suggest that social capital governs the benevolent community where monetary incentives are absent. However, recent years have seen a rise of corporate investments into open source projects. In this context of hybridization, the self-governed community should be characterized by developers? intrinsic motivation management.

Keywords: self; governance; social capital; open source community; hybridization; economic incentives; intrinsic motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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