The main purpose of this report was to research and explain the cost structure of
FLOSS communities and the corresponding funding sources. This was done
by comparing and analyzing financial reports from open source companies, thorough
research in scientific literature about open source, consulting online forums used by
FLOSS users and reviewing FLOSS conferences related to the cost structure of the
organisations.
Research areas
Cost structure of FLOSS communities
Funding of FLOSS programmers
Funding of FLOSS companies
Sources of FLOSS funding
Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Communities analysed are:
Wikimedia
Fedora
Eclipse
Debian
Software Freedom Conservancy
Fsfe
Tag: opensource
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FLOSS Communities Cost Structure and Funding Sources