Software distribution processes

I need to start taking a trawl around the academic literature, so here are a few pieces that may be of interest:

Red Hat Software's New Economic Model

Syndication and it's role in the Internet Marketplace

Setting up shop: the business of Open Source Software

The many meanings of Open Source

Business Model Analysis applied to Mobile Business

Business @ the speed of thought

Interestingly, "The Road Ahead" by Bill Gates might be a good starting point here also.

The Economic Dynamics of Software

There is also a paper on Digital Rights Management for Content Distribution (Q. Liu)

M. Van Wegberg also discusses the competition between open source software and commercial software. May be worth a look.