The Political Economy of Open Source Software
@inproceedings{Weber2000ThePE,
title={The Political Economy of Open Source Software},
author={S. Weber},
year={2000}
}The Political Economy of Open Source Software Steven Weber BRIE Working Paper 140 E-conomy Project ™ Working Paper 15 June 2000 ©Copyright 2000 by the author This is a draft, so please do not cite or quote. Comments welcome and needed! Steven Weber is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Berkeley, California. Sweber@socrates.berkeley.edu Generous support for production of the BRIE Working Papers Series was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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@BULLET Contributors believe they are doing something that is 'good' or 'noble', or at least opposing something 'evil'
- @BULLET Contributors believe they are doing something that is 'good' or 'noble', or at least opposing something 'evil'
@BULLET Contributors gain knowledge by contributing to the project; they learn as they go. @BULLET Ego is an important motivating factor
- @BULLET Contributors gain knowledge by contributing to the project; they learn as they go. @BULLET Ego is an important motivating factor
This is one realm of knowledge creation that this paper suggests is suited to an open source process. I leave it to the reader's imagination to think of others
- This is one realm of knowledge creation that this paper suggests is suited to an open source process. I leave it to the reader's imagination to think of others