From: Brad Phelan <phelan@...>
Date: 2007-07-25T22:10:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] licensing/copyright reading material (was: Ruby Editor)

Todd Benson wrote:
> have listened with strain
> technocrats, righteous anger
> not gentle whispers
> 
> Seriously, I'd like to find some good reading material about the
> economy of the software industry, whether it be online or on hard
> copy.  I'm not afraid of forays into heavy economic theory.  I ask
> here only because I respect (naively?) the opinions of the people in
> this forum.  I'm mostly interested in Open Source Software concepts,
> which obviously will make it hard to find what I'm looking for,
> namely, a relatively unbiased look at them.  Any recommendations from
> the Ruby community would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 

A quick search with "open source economics" at Amazon gives

http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-1921927-8535361?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=open+source+economics&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

Some of the titles found

	
The Economics of Open Source Software Development by J�rgen Bitzer and
	
The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber (Hardcover - April 30, 2004)

The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source by Martin Fink

Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, 
and Social Perspectives by Kirk St. Amant and Brian Still (Hardcover -
Open Source Software Law (Artech House Telecommunications Library) 	
	
Open Source Software Law (Artech House Telecommunications Library) by 
Rod Dixon (Hardcover - Dec 2003)
	
Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape by 
Henry Chesbrough (Hardcover - Dec 6, 2006)
	
The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source by Martin Fink 
(Paperback - 2002)


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