Corporate contribution to free software as socially responsible activity

Firms' commitment to openness on software development means sharing technology and resources with communities worldwide to mitigate the digital divide, create economic opportunity, and foster equal access to technology. Opening up a technology allows others to contribute innovations that indivi...

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Autores principales: García García, Jesús, Alonso de Magdaleno, María Isabel
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Grupo de Investigación Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales. Cibersomosaguas 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48062
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-028&d=article48062oai
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Sumario:Firms' commitment to openness on software development means sharing technology and resources with communities worldwide to mitigate the digital divide, create economic opportunity, and foster equal access to technology. Opening up a technology allows others to contribute innovations that individual local companies might never have devised on their own. Consequently, free software development could be seen as a matter of social responsibility. An adequate level of reporting could enhance corporate contributions to free software projects.