Free Software, Business Capital, and Institutional Change: A Veblenian Analysis of the Software Industry.

Free software, unlike proprietary software under exclusive copyright control, exemplifies a form of productive and innovative activity that is based upon mutual sharing of technological knowledge. Free software engineers, who get connected through various software-development projects, voluntarily c...

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Published in:	Journal of Economic Issues Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 831 - 859
Main Author:	Kologlugil, Serhat
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2012
Subjects:	Information technology Software engineering Computer software industry Computer software development Copyright of software Computer programmers Computer programming management
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