Reading: Setting up shop: The business of open-source software

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Setting up shop: The business of open-source software

Authors

Hecker, F.

Summary

"Hecker, a developer at Netscape, discusses the business of commercial open-source software, including why a company might adopt an open-source model, how open-source licensing works, what business models might be usable and how various objections relating to open source might be answered."

Relationship to software business

An interesting read about the Open source software business.

Citation

HECKER, F., 1999. Setting up shop: The business of open-source software. Software, IEEE, 16(1), pp. 45-51

Links

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=744568

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