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The comingled code : open source and economic development / Josh Lerner and Mark Schankerman.
2010
N 631 LER.C
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Title
The comingled code : open source and economic development / Josh Lerner and Mark Schankerman.
Description
xii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9780262014632
9780262289573 electronic
0262289571 electronic
0262014637 hardcover
9780262518567
0262518562
9780262289573 electronic
0262289571 electronic
0262014637 hardcover
9780262518567
0262518562
Alternate Call Number
N 631 LER.C
Summary
Discussions of the economic impact of open source software often generate more heat than light. Advocates passionately assert the benefits of open source while critics decry its effects. Missing from the debate is rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic evidence of the impact of open source on consumers, firms, and economic development in general. This book fills that gap. In The Comingled Code, Josh Lerner and Mark Schankerman, drawing on a new, large-scale database, show that open source and proprietary software interact in sometimes unexpected ways, and discuss the policy implications of these findings. The new data (from a range of countries in varying stages of development) documents the mixing of open source and proprietary software: firms sell proprietary software while contributing to open source, and users extensively mix and match the two. Lerner and Schankerman examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development, what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects, how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two kinds of software, and how government policies can ensure that open source competes effectively with proprietary software and contributes to economic development.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. Software and growth; 3. The history of open source; 4. The supply side: comingling open source and proprietary software; 5. The demand side: assessing trade-offs and making choices; 6. Assessing government policies toward software (with Jacques Crémer); 7. The takeaways.
Introduction
Software and growth
The history of open source
The supply side : comingling open source and proprietary software
The demand side : assessing trade-offs and making choices
Assessing government policies toward software / with Jacques Crémer
The takeaways.
Introduction
Software and growth
The history of open source
The supply side : comingling open source and proprietary software
The demand side : assessing trade-offs and making choices
Assessing government policies toward software / with Jacques Crémer
The takeaways.
Series
EBL-Schweitzer.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2010.
Language
English
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