Why do commercial companies contribute to open source software?

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-117

  Andersen Gott, Morten ^a   Ghinea, Gheorghita ^a,b   Bygstad, Bendik ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Norwegian School of Information Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Commercial; Drivers; Open source software

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COST REDUCTION; MOTIVATION; OPEN SYSTEMS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

COMMERCIAL; ECONOMIC THEORIES; EXTERNAL COMMUNITY; INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; IT SERVICES; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT; OPEN SOURCES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857785050     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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