Stanford Project on Economics of Open Source Software Funded by NSF

The Stanford Project on the Economics of Open Source Software

is part of the

Knowledge Networks and Institutions for Innovation Program KNIIP

in the

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research SIEPR

2001 NSF AWARD LAUNCHES PROJECT ON
THE ECONOMICS OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Click Here for the Proposal

2003 NSF AWARD EXPANDS SIEPR’S PROJECT ON
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

The National Science Foundation
Directorate of Computer and Information Systems Engineering,
Program on Digital Technologies and Society

awarded funding for the years 2003-2005
to the SIEPR research proposal

Economic Organization, Performance and Viability of
Open Source/Free Software Development Submitted by

Paul A. David, Principal Investigator and Project Director
and
Frank A. Wolak, Co-Principal Investigator

Project Overview Click Here

2001-2003 Sub-projects
     "LICKS": The Chronology of the Linux Kernel Sources Click Here
      FLOSS-US: A new On line Survey of OS/FS Developers Click Here
      Read the Report on the FLOSS-US (2003) Web Survey of Developers Click Here (pdf)

Advancing Research on the Economics
of Free & Open Source Software Production:
An Integrated Agenda Click Here (pdf)

NSF Open Source Software Project: Publications Click Here

People

SIEPR Researchers

Staff

Affiliated Researchers

Jean-Michel Dalle (IMRI)

Juan Mateos-Garcia (SPRU)

Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (MERIT)

Ruediger Glott (MERIT)

Gregorio Robles (GCyS-Infomatics)

W. Edward Steinmueller (SPRU)

Andrew H. Waterman