Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study

Author University of Maastricht Organization European Commission Publication Date June 2002 Summary EC’s FLOSS project included results of a survey on Free/Open Source software usage and development, indicators for measuring value creation within the OS/F software communities, and evaluations of business models and practices. Audience Policy-makers Focus To provide policy-makers with a framework for understanding OS/F software, and indicators that can be used to measure the impact of OS/F on economic development. To determine how governments, institutions and developer communities contribute to the growth of OS/F Strengths First major policy study on OS/F Clearly defines policy implications of OS/F on policy and describes use of OS/F in the public sector Surveys developers across Europe Includes source code survey Weaknesses Outdated Accessibility Advanced knowledge of software and ICT policy

The link address is: http://www.infonomics.nl/FLOSS/report/