Free and open source licenses in community life: Two empirical cases

First Monday

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  De Paoli, Stefano ^a   Teli, Maurizio ^b   D'Andrea, Vincenzo ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 55249092752     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i10.2064     Document Type: Review

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