Trends in free, libre, open source software communities: From volunteers to companies;Aktuelle trends in free-, libre-, und open-source-software-gemeinschaften: Von freiwilligen zu unternehmen

IT - Information Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Gonzalez Barahona, Jesus M ^a   Robles, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acm css; Collaboration in software development; Commercial open source; Open source community; Open source history; Open source mode; Software and its engineering; Software creation and management; Volunteer open source

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ACM CSS; COLLABORATION IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIAL OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE HISTORY; OPEN SOURCE MODE; OPEN-SOURCE; SOFTWARE AND ITS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE CREATION; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTEER OPEN SOURCE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 85076147773     PISSN: 16112776     EISSN: 21967032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/itit.2013.1012     Document Type: Article

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