@article {1251, title = {The Economics of Open Source Software: A Survey of the Early Literature}, journal = {Review of Network Economics}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, month = {03/2002}, abstract = {This paper reviews the recent literature on the economics of open source software. Two different sets of issues are addressed. The first looks at the incentives of programmers to participate in open source projects. The second considers the business models used by profit-making firms in the open source industry, and the effects on existing closed source firms. Some possible future research directions are also given.}, keywords = {business, commercial software, incentives, MOTIVATION}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/schiff.pdf}, author = {Schiff, A.} } @conference {1156, title = {The evolution of the GNOME Project}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd ICSE Workshop on Open Source}, year = {2002}, abstract = {The GNOME Project is an attempt to create a GUI desktop for Unix systems. Originally started by a handful of volunteers in 1996, GNOME has become the desktop of choice for Solaris, HP-UX, and Red Hat Linux, and it is currently developed by a team of approximately five hundred people around the world. The importance of GNOME to the Unix world has attracted the attention of several software companies who are actively participating in its development. At the same time, some of its volunteer developers have created enterprises who expect to sell services and products around GNOME. This extended abstract describes, first, the development model of GNOME, then the influence that private companies had had on the project: on one hand they are contributing a large amount of resources to the project, accelerating its development, and increasing its reliability and documentation; and on the other hand, the GNOME Foundation has been created to maintain the goal of the project to provide a free (as in freedom) software desktop for Unix, and avoid that the commercial interests of these partners could jeopardize the interests of the community.}, keywords = {commercial software, gnome, organizational sponsorship}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/German.pdf}, author = {Daniel M. German} } @conference {1141, title = {Corporate Source: Applying Open Source Concepts to a Corporate Environment}, booktitle = {1st Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering at ICSE 2001}, year = {2001}, keywords = {commercial software, hewlett packard, hp, organizational sponsorship}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/dinkelackergarg.pdf}, author = {Dinkelacker, J. and Garg, P.K.} } @conference {1139, title = {Open Source Development: An Arthurian Legend}, booktitle = {1st Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering at ICSE 2001}, year = {2001}, abstract = {OSSD (Open Source Software Development) achieves remarkable success in delivering complex software systems {\textendash} systems which are incredibly reliable and robust {\textendash} in a short amount of time and without even paying anyone! Naturally, in the face of this success, organizations are interested in seeing if the mechanisms behind OSSD success can be migrated into their own practices, hopefully improving their systems and their productivity. In this paper, we look (lighthearted at first) at the motivations behind those involved in OSSD and describe the problems that need to be overcome if OSSD-type practices can be migrated into traditional organizations.}, keywords = {commercial software, developers, MOTIVATION}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/cook.pdf}, author = {Cook, J.} } @conference {1143, title = {Open Source Software: The Other Commercial Software}, booktitle = {1st Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering at ICSE 2001}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Open source software is a source of components from which systems can be built. Components can also be acquired in the marketplace. There are a myriad of issues that affect software that incorporates commercial components. These issues (and others) also affect open source software. In this paper we examine issues that an organization using open source software is likely to face in light of lessons learned from the world of commercial components}, keywords = {commercial off-the-shelf software, commercial software, COTS software, open source software}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/hissamweinstock.pdf}, author = {Hissam, S. and Weinstock, C.} }