Firms' decision to contribute to Free Libre Open Source Software communities

Michail Batikas; Francesc Miralles

Firms' decision to contribute to Free Libre Open Source Software communities

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The last years Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has rapidly been shifting from a model driven purely by the developer community and university support to one where a main driver is industry. Even though a lot of firms have the chance to follow a free ride approach, they choose to contribute to the FLOSS communities with various ways. So, an obvious question is why firms decide to contribute to FLOSS communities. Which are these factors that lead them to be heavily involved in the FLOSS communities? The theory of Planned Behavior along with the Tragedy of the Commons and Digital Commons, and the state-of-the-art research on FLOSS 2.0 is the theoretical basis of this research-in-progress work.

Idioma original	Anglès
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - 2008
Publicat externament	Sí
Esdeveniment	16th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2008 - Galway, Ireland Durada: 9 de juny 2008 → 11 de juny 2008

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Conferència	16th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2008
País/Territori	Ireland
Ciutat	Galway
Període	9/06/08 → 11/06/08

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