Some links to academic papers on open source software http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=313202 http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/bonaccorsi-rossi.pdf http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/counting-potatoes.html
Bonus links: British MP who is trying to get Microsoft to stop gouging schools http://www.bobblizzardmp.co.uk/press.asp field study of music sharing http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~barry/papers/ BrownB%20ECSCW%20music%20paper.pdf best wishes- rg