Open Source Software: Free Provision of Complex Public Goods

The Economics of Open Source Software Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-81

  Bessen, James ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882561848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452769-1/50003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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