In recent years, there has been growing interest of governments and firms for Free
and Open Source Software (FOSS). However, FOSS is still a puzzlement for a wide
spectrum of academic disciplines. Social scientists ask why FOSS hackers participate
in FOSS if they do not get any monetary rewards. On the other hand firms ask,
how a firm can earn money from FOSS. In this study, motivations of FOSS hackers
and firms are taken as an interrelated phenomenon. For FOSS hackers, social and
technical aspects of FOSS are essential. On the contrary to FOSS hackers, firms have
profit oriented goals. In this context, conflicting and coinciding interests of FOSS
hackers and firms are investigated through development of FOSS in Turkey. Software
industry in Turkey is not developed enough and FOSS may play a prominent
role in developing its own software industry. This study discusses FOSS both from
the view of hackers and the firms in Turkey. In that respect, social conditions that
make hackers voluntarily contribute, discrepancies between attitudes and behaviors
of the firms and FOSS licenses are explored. According to these facts, possible FOSS
business strategies which may be adopted in Turkey are presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607173/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2006 |
| Creators | Gozukeles, Ibrahim Izlem |
| Contributors | Tarhan, Belkiz |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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