Knowledge Reuse in Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of 15 Open Source Projects

Authors:
Georg von Krogh;Sebastian Spaeth;Stefan Haefliger
Affiliations:
University of St. Gallen;University of St. Gallen;University of St. Gallen
Venue:
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
Year:
2005

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Abstract

To date, there is no investigation of knowledge reuse in open source software projects. This paper focuses on the forms of knowledge reuse and the factors impacting on them. It develops a theory drawn from data of 15 open source software projects and finds that the effort to search, integrate and maintain external knowledge influences the form of knowledge to be reused. Implications for firms and innovation research are discussed.