A Brief Digression into TerminologyUnderstanding Open SourceCredit Unions and Open Source: An AnalogyOwnershipOwnership and software developmentInvolvementInvolvement in software developmentProfits, Rates, and FeesThe profit motive in software developmentThe Customer RelationshipProprietary software and customer careCooperative organizations and customersMarket ProfileMarket profiles for banks and credit unionsThe difference—ownershipMarket profiles and software developmentThe market for open source softwareFirefox: A case study in commodity open source softwareLinux: A case study in specialty-oriented open source
softwareMoving software from a specialty to a commodity productOwnership, againThe Role of Open Source LicensesSoftware Markets and Game TheoryZero-sum gamesNon-zero-sum gamesThe Prisoner’s DilemmaThe problem of suboptimizationThe role of licensesThe Open Source DefinitionDifferent Types of Open Source LicensesAcademic Licenses and InstabilityChoosing a Strategy for Open Source