libre software communities

Software Evolution and Human Resources: Knowledge Gap left by Developers due to Turnover

Izquierdo-Cortazar, Daniel. "Software Evolution and Human Resources: Knowledge Gap left by Developers due to Turnover." In 6th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Doctoral Consortium (OSS 2010). Notre Dame, Indiana: Universitas (Unie van 1991), 2010.

Brief study of the Android community

Libre software is changing the way applications are built by companies, while the traditional software development model does not pay attention to external contributions, libre software products developed by companies benefit from them. These external contributions are promoted creating communities around the project and will help the company to create a superior product with a lower cost than possible for traditional competitors. The company in exchange offers the product free to use under a libre software license.