The institutions of open source software: Examining the Debian community

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-344

  Mateos Garcia, Juan ^a   Steinmueller, W Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debian; Institutions; Open source software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

DEBIAN; DECENTRALISATION; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTS; INSTITUTIONS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; QUALITY AND DELIVERIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DECENTRALIZATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 56249134862     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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