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Quality competition or quality cooperation? : license-type and the strategic nature of open source vs. closed source business models
Engelhardt, Sebastian von - 2010
develop software, either as OS or CS, or as a an OS-CS-mix if the license allows. In stage two, firms bundle this with … is a strategic substitute to OS and vice versa. 2.) The type of OS-license plays a crucial role: only if the license …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971543
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The determinants of open source quality : an empirical investigation
Popovici, Ioana (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003734375
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Financial Explorer : Open Source Licenses and Analysis of Information
Summerfield, Jason - 2010
This paper contemplates the future relationship between open-source licenses and capital markets, discussing the impact of new media technologies on transparency in finance, with an emphasis on Financial Explorer, a new tool put forth by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138799
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Competition Among Proprietary and Open-Source Software Firms : The Role of Licensing on Strategic Contribution
August, Terrence - 2020
and prices are endogenously determined in equilibrium, (ii) how license restrictiveness impacts equilibrium investments … and the quality of offerings, and (iii) how license restrictiveness affects consumer surplus and social welfare. Although … restrictive license instead encourages greater effort from the OSS contributor, leads to higher OSS quality, and provides a larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837117
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Intellectual Property Licensing Tensions : Utilising Open Source Software in the Formal Standard-Setting Context
Li, Jingze - 2019
found that the current IPR frameworks, including the FRAND license commitment for patented technologies and copyright rules …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895935
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Open Questions in Open Source : Exploring Incentives, Licensing and Competition
Atal, Vidya - 2018
proprietary competition can influence upstream OSS development under different license regimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935308
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Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Mechanism : A Close Review of the Alternative Approach to Traditional Notions of Software Licensing
Manteghi, Maryna - 2017
The article examines how open source licensing model has changed the way of exploitation of intellectual property in the software industry. The article analyzes the OSS tendency in general, provides historical background, indicates main differences between OSS and public domain software and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941957
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Dual Licensing in Open Source Software Industry
Valimaki, Mikko - 2014
This paper analyses how several open source companies use dual licensing: both open source and proprietary licenses for one product. Three case studies based on the experiences of companies Sleepycat Software Inc., MySQL AB, and TrollTech AS illustrate the issue. Especially the legal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708746
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Patent Commons, Thickets, and Open Source Software Entry by Start-Up Firms
Wen, Wen - 2015
based on an OSS license. The marginal impact of The Commons on OSS entry is increasing in the cumulativeness of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035131
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Digital commons
Dulong de Rosnay, Mélanie; Stalder, Felix - In: Internet policy review : journal on internet regulation 9 (2020) 4, pp. 1-22
Commons are holistic social institutions to govern the (re)production of resources, articulated through interrelated legal, socio-cultural, economic and institutional dimensions. They represent a comprehensive and radical approach to organise collective action, placing it "beyond market and...
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