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The TeX typesetting software was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 1970s. It was released with an open source … that are at work and influence the project. The case study explores the economic impact of the TeX software which is sold … license and has become a reference in scientific publishing. TeX is now used to typeset and publish much of the world …
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This paper examines the choice of license terms along the development of a piece of software. Three licenses are … compared, the proprietary one, the Berkeley Software Distribution, and the General Public License. The choice of one or the … other license depends on the characteristics of the software's user base, the market conditions on the developers' job …
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the development of the (La)TeX software were compared to its proprietary equivalents. The models that are presented in … development of the other. The paper is based on the (La)TeX case study. In that case study, the features, users, and patterns in … and compares those two models and then analyzes the influence the development of one type of software has on the …
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We extend the literature on life cycle behavior of faculty researchers by assuming two knowledge stocks, scientific (free to all) and patentable (appropriable). Faculty derive utility from research effort, leisure, prestige in knowledge accumulation, and income. Faculty with a strong preference...
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The baseball card industry provides a case study of survival in a declining industry. The case study shows how manufacturers have varied their strategic behavior in response to changes that have occurred within the industry in the last 20 years. This is in stark contrast to most of the existing...
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driven sampling, five international new ventures were selected that were operating in the software sector in the UK, and had …
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Le terme `logiciel libre' désigne à la fois un bien -- le logiciel -- indispensable au fonctionnement des sociétés modernes informatisées, et un mode de production et de distribution -- libre. Ce mode de production et de distribution est suffisamment original pour poser des problèmes...
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How are Asian countries preparing children to have skills—including creativity, innovation, and technical capability … education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries … are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via …
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We argue that a patent system makes collusion among innovators more difficult. Our simple argument is based on two properties of the patent system. First, a patent not only protects against infringement but also against retaliation by former collusion members. Second, a deviator has an equal...
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innovation. Our effort is trying to view the evolution of this artifact from memetics. By constructing a phylomemetic tree based … algorithm to construct cellphone phylomemetic tree. Therefore we compare with the innovation tree, which is based on serial … number and their appearance time. From phylomemetic tree, we then analyze the process of a cellular phone innovation through …
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