Acceptance of monetary rewards in open source software development

Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 632 - 644
Published: May 1, 2014
Abstract
The open source software (OSS) movement thrives on innovation and volunteer effort of developers. Scholars have expressed widespread concern about the sustainability of the OSS movement due to high levels of volunteerism. In this paper, we address a central challenge to the sustainability of OSS-developers’ acceptance of monetary rewards. We strive to explain why some OSS developers accept monetary rewards and others do not. Viewed through the...
Paper Details
Title
Acceptance of monetary rewards in open source software development
Published Date
May 1, 2014
Volume
43
Issue
4
Pages
632 - 644
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