Open Source: Salvation or Suicide?

Authors: Wilson, Scott; Kambil, Ajit; Schwartz, Jonathan; Levin, Eric; Pisano, Gary P. ; Bevilacqua, Michael J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2008

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Amp Up, a wildly popular electronic-music game, is the brainchild of KMS's cherished programmers, who now spend their time trying to keep customers dazzled with upgrades. But a couple of start-ups have ripped off the idea using their own code - which is open source. Now they're demanding that KMS float with the rising tide and join the open-source community. How could the company make money without its IP? And why should it try?

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