This paper presents first results from research into open source projects from a software engineering perspective. The research methodology employed relies on public data retrieved from the CVS-repository of the GNOME project and relevant discussion groups.(...)

The focus of existing open source software (OSS) research has been on how andwhy individuals and firms add to the commons of public OSS code—that is, on the“giving” side of this open innovation process. In contrast, research on thecorresponding “receiving” side of the innovation...

In this paper, we open up the black box that has been the introduction of open practices into firms’ commercial R&D strategies. Most of the existing research on the phenomenon of open innovation focuses on its interorganizational aspects. In contrast, the effect that the opening of boundaries...

In this paper, I describe and analyze the phenomenon of informal development collaborationbetween firms in the field of embedded Linux, a type of open source software. Toexplain the observed phenomenon of voluntary revealing, I develop a duopoly model ofquality competition. The central...

The link between firms engaging in open source software (OSS) development and the OSScommunity is established by individual developers. This linkage might entail a principalagentissue due to the developer’s double allegiance to firm and OSS community, and exposethe firm to the risk of losing...

This paper provides a quantitative study (N = 268) of patterns of free revealing offirm-developed innovations within embedded Linux, a type of open source software (OSS). Ifind that firms, without being obliged to do so, contribute many of their own developmentsback to public embedded Linux...

An important and intriguing aspect of e-entrepreneurship is theformation of new ventures in the domain of open source software (OSS).Previous research on these ventures has primarily looked at the design ofbusiness models. The purpose of this paper is to explore how three keychallenges of...

The Internet has spurred a phenomenal growth of virtual communities (VC). VCs can range fromsimple information exchange based forums to more complex networks supporting new productdevelopment. For example, communities of interest based forums such as investment-relatedVirtual Communities bring...

Traditionally the protection of intellectual property is regarded as a pre-condition for value capture. The rise of open source (OS) software and OStangible products, so-called open design, has challenged this understand-ing. Openness is often regarded as a dichotomous variable (open-source...

mode of production exist that is based on the contributions of many software programmerswithout providing any direct monetary incentives for them? And how can these programmerscoordinate their actions without relying on either the guidance of the price mechanism or thedirection through a...