Open Source and Open Data: Business Perspectives from the Frontline

Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2011-12-01 11:08
TitleOpen Source and Open Data: Business Perspectives from the Frontline
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsLindman, J, Tammisto, Y
Secondary TitleOpen Source Systems: Grounding Research (OSS 2011)
Pagination330-333
Date Published10/2011
PublisherSpringer
Abstract

Open data initiatives on governmental data seem often to be linked to small software companies, which also use and release software under OSS licenses. This paper calls for more research to understand the similarities between open data and open source software vendors. We build a theoretical linkage between the more established OSS research and emerging research on open data in the context of small software companies.
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