In the wake of a series of court cases extending patents to software, open-source software proponents have proposed a … number of arguments for limiting or even eliminating software patents. In particular, they claim that the U.S. Patent and … Trademark Office has done a poor job of reviewing software patent applications, resulting in obvious, trivial patents. They also …

This paper analyzes the structural dimension of social capital, and its impact on the success of open source software … social capital, contributes to open source software projects’ competitive advantages …

Open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. OSS is developed by a … Software ; Geographical Location ; Open Source Activities …

of so-called open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright …-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a …

So-called open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS … licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a public …, collaborative manner. High quality OSS products like Linux, Apache etc. are developed by thousands of volunteers, who often do not …

This article contributes to research on the geographic origin of open source software (OSS) developers by analyzing the …