Understanding Open Source Software Communities

Jan-Felix Schrape ()
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Jan-Felix Schrape: University of Stuttgart

A chapter in Co-Creation, 2019, pp 117-127 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the last decades, open source development has become an integral part of the software industry, a key component of the innovation strategies of all major IT providers and an important vehicle to increase brand recognition. This chapter provides a systematic overview of the genesis and history of open source software development communities, their socio-economic contexts and their entrepreneurial impact.

Keywords: Software industry; Collaborative production; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97788-1_10

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