Motivations of individuals and firms participating in open source community

2005 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 309-314

  Wang, Fei Rong ^a,b   He, Dan ^c   Chen, Jin ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Motivation; Open source community; Open source software; Users

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; USERS;

MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 28444438898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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