Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open-Source Software

Authors:
Frank Hecker
Affiliations:
-
Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
1999

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Abstract

Hecker, a developer at Netscape, discusses the business of commercial open-source software, including why a company might adopt an open-source model, how open-source licensing works, what business models might be usable and how various objections relating to open source might be answered