Contents Modern software solutions, for obvious cost reasons, are shared by several users. This may be achieved by supply pooling (a publisher creates a solution and sells it to “clients”) or by demand pooling (a group of actors coordinates to develop a resource that addresses shared or complementary needs), with several intermediate solutions (e.g., a group of actors mandates a provider to develop a solution for them).
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This article studies the building of a successful open source project for the public sector, named CommunesPlones. It proposes an original institutional arrangement to on...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This article studies the building of a successful open source project for the public sector, named CommunesPlones. It proposes an original institutional arrangement to onboard different users as an alternative to the classic free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) projects.
Published in: IEEE Software ( Volume: 40, Issue: 4, July-Aug. 2023)
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