The open source movement: Key research questions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Department of Information Management, Chienkuo Technology University, Changhua, Taiwan;3. Department of Kinesiology Health Leisure Studies, Chienkuo Technology University, Changhua, Taiwan;1. John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, 1445 De Maisonneuve Boulevard, West, Montréal, Québec H3G 1M8, Canada;2. Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, 721 University Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244, USA;3. Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4221, USA;4. Texas Christian University, College Station, TX 77843-4221, USA;5. Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, NUS Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, 117575, Singapore;1. Bren School, 4410 Bren Hall, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, United States;2. CNRS UMR5474 LAMETA, Montpellier F-34000, France;3. Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS & EHESS, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la charité, Marseille F-13002, France;4. NBER, United States |
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| Abstract: | The paper analyzes the incentives of individual programmers and of commercial companies to participate in open source projects. While these incentives are in our opinion well accounted for by the economic paradigm, much empirical and theoretical work is still needed to answer the many interesting questions suggested by the open source movement. |
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