A survey on firms’ participation in open source community projects

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 299, Issue , 2009, Pages 225-236

  Capra, Eugenio ^a   Francalanci, Chiara ^a   Merlo, Francesco ^a   Lamastra, Cristina Rossi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community Open Source Projects; Firms Participation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84944202674     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02032-2_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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