source software (OSS) has challenged much of the traditional reasoning by suggesting that individuals behave altruistically …The development of knowledge requires investment, which may be made in terms of financial resources or time. Open …

This papers sheds light on the puzzling evidence that even though open source software (OSS) is a public good, it is …

This paper presents the stylized facts of open source software innovation and provides empirical evidence on the impact …

SourceForge.net to estimate the main determinants of the progress in the development of a stable and mature code of an open source … software. We show that projects geared towards sophisticated users (i.e. system administrators) or projects aimed at developing …

agents gets large. A canonical example for a public good that is produced with a direct provision technology is Open Source … Software. …