The political economy of open source software and why it matters

Digital Formations: IT and New Architectures in the Global Realm

Volumn 9781400831616, Issue , 2009, Pages 178-211

  Weber, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

POLITICAL ECONOMY;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 70449573964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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