Intellectual property policy and attractiveness: a longitudinal study of free and open source software projects

Authors:
Carlos Denner Santos, Jr.;Marcos Bonci Cavalca;Fabio Kon;Julio Singer;Victor Ritter;Damaris Regina;Tamy Tsujimoto
Affiliations:
University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper reports early findings of a longitudinal study designed to evaluate the impact of changes in the intellectual property policy of 756 free and open source projects on their attractiveness over 44 months.