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 …

The paper builds a tractable model of a patent pool, an agreement among patent owners to license a set of their patents … welfare. It shows that requiring pool members to be able to independently license patents matters if and only if the pool is … form a pool or to cross-license when they themselves are users of the patents in the pool …

This paper is an initial exploration of the determinants of open source license choice. It first enumerates the various … presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of license choice using the Source Forge database, a compilation of nearly …