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The papers explores the role of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in free or open source software (F/OSS ) development process. Based on two dominant NPO theories and a series of in-depth interviews with officials from NPOs in the F/OSS discourse, this paper argues that NPOs have provided the social structure necessary to support the production of F/OSS. By illustrating the role of these NPOs, this paper not only serves as a lens to understand the nonproprietary production process but also examines the robustness of the aforementioned NPO theories.
Published in:
Professional Communication Conference, 2008. IPCC 2008. IEEE International
Date of Conference: 13-16 July 2008
- Page(s):
- 1 - 9
- E-ISBN :
- 978-1-4244-2086-5
- Print ISBN:
- 978-1-4244-2085-8
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 10424456
- Conference Location :
- Montreal, QC
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