Add to ORKGIn this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perplexing (at least for traditional economic reasoning) features of open source software development. When looked in historical perspective, open source software seems to be a particular case of what Robert Allen has termed "collective invention". We explore the interpretive value of this historical parallel in detail, comparing open source software with two remarkable episodes of nineteenth century technical advances
The latest revolution in the software industry has nothing to do with breakthrough technology; the...
The paper discusses three key economic problems raised by the emergence and diffusion of Open source...
This paper is structured to address several aspects and challenges to the open source movement. Begi...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
Open source methods for creating software rely on developers who voluntarily reveal code in the expe...
Part 1: PapersInternational audienceFree and open source software has transformed from what has been...
Open source projects produce goods or standards that do not allow for the appropriation of private r...
The latest revolution in the software industry has nothing to do with breakthrough technology; the...
The paper discusses three key economic problems raised by the emergence and diffusion of Open source...
This paper is structured to address several aspects and challenges to the open source movement. Begi...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perp...
Open source methods for creating software rely on developers who voluntarily reveal code in the expe...
Part 1: PapersInternational audienceFree and open source software has transformed from what has been...
Open source projects produce goods or standards that do not allow for the appropriation of private r...
The latest revolution in the software industry has nothing to do with breakthrough technology; the...
The paper discusses three key economic problems raised by the emergence and diffusion of Open source...
This paper is structured to address several aspects and challenges to the open source movement. Begi...