Market Relations, Non-Market Relations and Free Software

Free Software is sometimes considered solely a technical option, but that is a quite limited point of view: we suggest, indeed, that Free Software is not merely a technical option, but it is, in fact a different working paradigm for the software development community and a different model for acquiring (and sharing) resources in the Information Society. This paper will discuss this working paradigm and analyse the market and non-market relations that are implied by it.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: PSYCHNOLOGY
• Authors: Andres Baravalle, Sarah Chambers
• Keywords: Free Software, PSYCHNOLOGY 2007, Software Development Community, Technical Option