Identifying success and tragedy of FLOSS commons: A preliminary classification of Sourceforge.net projects

First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development, FLOSS'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-15

  English, Robert ^a   Schweik, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FREE/LIBRE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (FLOSS); SOFTWARE PRODUCT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 36049006783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FLOSS.2007.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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