During 2002, we conducted a survey on 146 Italian firms supplying Open Source software. This paper compares our data on firms' motivations with data emerging from surveys made on individual programmers. We analyse the role played by different classes of motivations (social, economic and technological) in determining the involvement of different groups of agents in Open Source activities. © 2002, First Monday.
Altruistic individuals, selfish firms?
ROSSI, CRISTINA
2005-01-01
Abstract
During 2002, we conducted a survey on 146 Italian firms supplying Open Source software. This paper compares our data on firms' motivations with data emerging from surveys made on individual programmers. We analyse the role played by different classes of motivations (social, economic and technological) in determining the involvement of different groups of agents in Open Source activities. © 2002, First Monday.File in questo prodotto:
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