• DocumentCode
    3148133
  • Title

    Open source software publishers’ business models: the strategic role of licenses

  • Author

    Muselli, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Manage., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, QLD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-24 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1169
  • Lastpage
    1174
  • Abstract
    This article aims to examine the strategic role of licenses in software publisherspsila business models. It shows how licenses can be used as a strategic tool to both create value and capture revenues by modifying a given regime of appropriability. It also shows how open source software publishers manage to capture revenues through various business models, according to the type of software they provide.
  • Keywords
    industrial property; public domain software; open source software publishers; proprietary licenses; software publishers business models; strategic tool; Australia; Business; Financial management; Licenses; Open source software; Software tools; State feedback; Switches; Technology management; Business model; Open Source; regime of appropriability; software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangkok
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2329-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2330-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654535
  • Filename
    4654535
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3148133