The Economic and Legal Foundations of Open Source Software
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But what most people don't understand about open source software is why jt works. Software released as open source costs money and time to make-it has value. To some people. especially those who are more business-minded, this sounds like a throwback to late-90s dot-corn-era business plans: give your product away for free and make it up on volume. They see very few business models in that sort of thinking.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011