Selected
documents and publications
The listed
documents have an economics and
policy orientation; they are not technical
how-to's for using FOSS. A number of writings by Stallman
and Raymond, the main thinkers behind the Free Software
and Open Source movements, are also listed. If you know of
research that we could add to this list please contact
us.
Free/Libre and Open
Source Software: Survey and Study
Berlecon Research and the International Institute of
Infonomics (III), University of Maastricht (2002). www.infonomics.nl/FLOSS
What good is free
software?
Bessen J (2002). In: Hahn R, ed. (2002). Government
Policy toward Open Source Software. Washington, DC,
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.
www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296
An empirical look at
software patents
Bessen J and Hunt R (2003). Research on Innovation. www.researchoninnovation.org
Open-source software
in e-government
Danish Board of Technology www.tekno.dk/pdf/projekter/p03_opensource_paper_english.pdf
Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source Software Mode of
Production
Dalle JM, David PA, Ghosh RA, and Steinmueller WE (2004). SIEPR Policy paper No. 04-003
http://siepr.stanford.edu/papers/pdf/04-03.pdf
Open source software:
Perspectives for development
Dravis P (2003). The Dravis Group and World Bank InfoDev.
www.infodev.org/symp2003/publications/OpenSourceSoftware.pdf
A
Collaborative Fact Finding Study on Open Source Software
in Canada
e-Cology Corporation (2003).
www.e-cology.ca/canfloss/report/CANfloss_Report.pdf
(English version)
www.e-cology.ca/canfloss/report/CANfloss_Reportf.pdf
(French version)
Politics and
programming: Government preferences for promoting open
source software
Evans SD (2002). In: Hahn R, ed. (2002). Government Policy
toward Open Source Software. Washington, DC, AEI-Brookings
Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.
www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296
GNU General Public
License, v. 2.0
Free Software Foundation) (FSF) (1991). www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
The Free Software
Definition
Free Software Foundation (FSF) (1996). www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Viral contracts or unenforceable documents? Contractual validity of copyleft
licences
Guadamuz González A (2004). University of Edinburgh School of Law.
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/guadamuz.pdf
Cooking pot markets:
An economic model for the trade in free goods and services
on the Internet
Ghosh RA (1998). First Monday 3 (3). www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue3_3/ghosh/
Licence fees and GDP
per capita: The case for open source in developing
countries
Ghosh RA (2003). First Monday 8 (12). http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/index.html
Free Software and
WSIS: Civil Society reference paper on Free Software and
its impact on the World Summit on the Information Society
George Greve
http://fsfeurope.org/projects/wsis/fs.en.html
The Jukebox Mode of
Innovation – a Model of Commercial Open source
Development
Henkel J (2004). University of Munich CEPR.
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/henkel.pdf
The economics of
open-source networks
Iannacci F (2002). Communications & Strategies 48.
International Telecommunications Society. http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/iannacci.pdf
Collaborative
development of open content: A process model to unlock the
potential for African universities
Keats D (2003). First Monday 8 (2). www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_2/keats/
Economics of Linux
Adoption in Developing Countries
Kshetri N (2004). IEEE
Software January/February. www.uncg.edu/~nbkshetr/IEEE04.pdf
Open source software
as lead user’s make or buy decision: A study of open and
closed source quality
Kuan J (2003). Paper presented at the second
conference on “The Economics of the Software and
Internet Industries”, Toulouse, France, 17–18 January.
www.idei.asso.fr/Commun/Conferences/Internet/OSS2002/Papiers/osskuan.pdf
Code, culture and
cash: The fading altruism of open source development
Lancashire D (2001). Code, culture and cash: The
fading altruism of open source development. First Monday 6
(12). www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_12/lancashire/
The simple economics
of open source
Lerner J and Tirole J (2000). Working Paper 7600.
Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research. http://papers.nber.org/papers/w7600
The open source
movement: Key research questions
Lerner J and Tirole J (2001). European Economic Review
45. www.sciencedirect.com
The economics of technology: Open source and
beyond
Lerner J and Tirole J (2004). National Bureau
of Economic Research.
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lernertirole3.pdf
Open source baselines:
Compared to what?
Lessig L (2002). In: Hahn R, ed. (2002). Government
Policy toward Open Source Software. AEI-Brookings Joint
Center for Regulatory Studies, Washington, DC.
www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296
Open Sources: Voices
from the Open Source Revolution
DiBona C, Ockman S and Stone M, eds. (1999) O'Reilly
& Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html
Economics of open
source software
Pappas Johnson J (2001). F/OSS, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. http://opensource.mit.edu/
The revenge of the
hackers
Raymond ES (1999a). In: Open Sources: Voices from the
Open Source Revolution. O'Reilly & Associates,
Sebastopol, CA.
www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/raymond2.html
The Open Source
Definition
The Open Source Initiative. www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
.
The magic cauldron
Raymond ES (1999b). www.catb.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/.
The cathedral and the
bazaar
Raymond ES (2000). www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
The GNU operating
system and the free software movement
Stallman R (1999). In: Open Sources: Voices from the
Open Source Revolution. O'Reilly & Associates,
Sebastopol, CA.
www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/raymond2.html
Free as in freedom
Stallman R (Ongoing). www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/
Legal Issues for the
Use of Free and Open Source Software in Government
Suzor N, Fitzgerlad B and Bassett G (2004).
Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law.
http://www.law.qut.edu.au/
Free and open source
software: Implications for ICT policy and development
UNCTAD E-commerce and Development Report 2003,
UNCTAD/SIDTE/ECB/2003/1
http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/docs/edr03_en/ecdr03ch4.htm
Free and open source
software: Policy and development implications
UNCTAD 2004, TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/2
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/c3em21d2_en.pdf
Also available in: French
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
Russian
The Collaborative Integrity of Open-Source
Software
Vetter GR (2004). Utah Law Review
http://www.law.uh.edu/
The political economy
of open source software
Weber S (2000). Working Paper 140. Berkeley Round
Table on the Information Economy. http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/research/workingpapers.htm
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