Bounty Programs in Free/Libre/Open Source Software

The Economics of Open Source Software Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-183

  Krishnamurthy, Sandeep ^a   Tripathi, Arvind K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 36849055591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452769-1/50008-1     Document Type: Chapter

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