The Open Source Software Paradigm

Open Source and the Software Industry How Firms Do Business out of an Open Innovation Paradigm

VERY PRELIMINARY VERSION PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE Abstract Open Source Software (OSS) represents an “open innovation” paradigm based on knowledge produced and shared by developers and users. The paper inquires how OSS challenges the three Teece’s building blocks. New findings from a large survey of European software companies, show that within the OSS paradigm: (i) OSS can be a sustainable business ...

The Open Source Software Ecosystem

Open Source Software Development*

This article examines and reviews what is known so far about free/open source software development (FOSSD). FOSSD is not the same as software engineering as that is portrayed in common textbooks. Instead, it is a complementary approach to address the many challenges that arise in the development of complex software systems that are often built outside of a traditional corporate software develop...

Open Source Software Engineering

The term Open Source Software (OSS) first appeared in 1998 [1] in an effort to change the popular understanding of what had to that point been called “free software” products like GNU/Linux, Apache, Perl and BIND. In the periods both immediately before and after the coining of the term, many insightful essays appeared both online and in print, attempting to better explain this novel approach to...

Free/Open Source Software

This position paper provides an overview of the Open Source Software movement and defines how companies can approach, exploit, and learn from it. More specifically, this position paper will first provide the needed details on Open Source licensing models – a key element to be aware of in order to safely approach Open Source. Then, it will provide motivating rationales for getting involved in Op...