Free and Open Source Software in Municipal Procurement:The Challenges and Benefits of Cooperation [PDF]
, 2016 The use of free and open source software by municipal governments is the exception rather than the rule. This is due to a variety of factors, including a failure of many municipal procurement policies to take into account the benefits of free software ...
Colannino, Justin C.
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Open-Source Software For Complex Orthognathic Surgery
International Dental JournalIntroduction: This case report presents the successful management of a patient with an edentulous upper arch treated through a multidisciplinary approach involving orthognathic surgery, custom-made patient-specific implants (PSI), and an implant ...
Kathiravan Purmal +2 more
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Open Source Software: From Open Science to New Marketing Models [PDF]
-Open source Software; Intellectual Property; Licensing; Business Model.
Gaia Rocchetti +2 more
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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation [PDF]
This paper studies the role of intrinsic motivation, reputation, and reciprocity in driving open source software innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed preference.
Mark Schankerman, Sharon Belenzon
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Conditions for open source as a signalling device [PDF]
, 2004 Open source projects produce goods or standards that do not allow for the appropriation of private returns by those who contribute to their production. In this paper we analyze why programmers will nevertheless invest their time and effort to code open ...
Lee, Samuel, Moisa, Nina, Weiß, Marco
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Open-Source Statistical Software: Revolutionising Health Research
Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationData are everywhere, and medical and public healthresearch depends on making sense of it. This requiresutilisation of advanced statistical and geographicalinformation system (GIS) tools to glean insights from data,guide health and public policies, and ...
Masood Ali Shaikh, Syed Muhammad Mubeen
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Open Source vs. Proprietary Software: Competition and Compatibility [PDF]
We use a Hotelling linear city model to study competition between open source and proprietary software, where only the producer of the proprietary software aims at maximizing the profit.
Zhaoli Meng
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OpenCSP: Collaborative Code and Data For CSP
SolarPACES Conference ProceedingsWe are announcing OpenCSP, an open-source platform including source code, applications, and data to enable collaborative development for the CSP community worldwide, supporting industry, research, and education.
Randy Brost +10 more
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The Adoption of Open-Source software’s in Libraries in Digital Era
Journal of Information Management and PracticesThis study aims to explore the adoption of Open-Source Software’s (OSS) in the academic libraries of Pakistan. It also focuses on the challenges encountered during the application and management of these software’s in both public and private sectors ...
Dr. Shahzad Ahmad +3 more
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SOFTWARE PIRACY AND HOW IT IS INFLUENCED BY THE CORRUPTION LEVEL FOR ANY GIVEN COUNTRY. OPEN SOURCE AND FREE SOFTWARE AS SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM. [PDF]
Today’s IT world is slowly driving towards open source and open software trends. Even Microsoft is taking such approach with some of its software products (the MSDNAA program is the best example).
Dragos-Paul Pop
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