Collective Action - FLOSS Development As Collective Action Including Private Actors

FLOSS Development As Collective Action Including Private Actors

The development of Free and Libre Open Source Software FLOSS is an example of collective action where individuals create a public good: the source code freely available to everyone. The uniqueness is that not only individuals contribute to the common good but also private firms invest into the production of the freely available knowledge. Therefore this phenomenon is called private-collective innovation.

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