Jullien, Nicolas; Zimmermann, Jean-Benoît - HAL - 2009
Free, libre or open source software (FLOSS) is nowadays produced not only by individual benevolent developers but, in a … FLOSS is often a complement to proprietary software (or hardware or services) that the for-profit firm sells at a positive … price. We present an alternative explanation based the users' skill level. When users are skilled, opening the software is …