Free Revealing

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVI

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2. Introduction: Commercial Open Source Software

   Pages 1-8

3. Open Source Software: Source of Innovation?

   Pages 9-52

4. Top-Down Adoption of OSS

   Pages 53-91

5. Bottom-up Adoption of OSS

   Pages 92-141

6. Managing OSS-related Processes

   Pages 142-161

7. Motivation and Incentivizing of OSS Developers

   Pages 162-190

8. Summary and Outlook: OSS in the 21st Century

   Pages 191-194

9. Back Matter

   Pages 195-214

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Over the last decade, the commercial world has more and more embraced open source software such as the Linux operating system. What started out as an ideological movement for “Free Software” and as a hobbyists’ thing has largely turned into a ma- stream part of the IT industry. By 2008, even the long-time open source critic Microsoft has created two open source licenses, and it comes as little surprise when Google - leases the complete mobile operating system stack of its Android phone as open source. Yet, how exactly open source software and in particular the open source style of software development are integrated into commercial enterprises is far from being - derstood. Research into open source software and open innovation more broadly only just starts to address these issues. But these questions are of obvious importance for firms considering to launch or extend their open source engagement, and of academic interest to scholars studying open innovation processes.

• Geistiges Eigentum
• Innovationsprozesse
• OSS
• Open Source Software
• Patente
• innovation

Dr. Oliver Alexy war Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei Prof. Dr. Joachim Henkel am Dr. Theo Schöller-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement der Technischen Universität München und ist jetzt am Imperial College London tätig.

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