Software platforms anchor vast global communities of users, application developers, device manufacturers, content … foundation of substantial businesses. The value of these software platforms, and their ability to support large communities …, depends on the ability of the platform to promote positive externalities and reduce negative externalities. Software platforms …

software license agreements, paying special attention to the role of competitive forces in shaping standard terms. Friedrich … structure is irrelevant to the standard terms offered to buyers. The results support the latter view. While software products …

During the '60s and the '70s, basically all software was Open Source and everyone was allowed to copy, modify and … redistribute computer programs. When software ceased to be hardware-specific and the diffusion of computers took off, firms started … to produce software independently from hardware and to protect their code through intellectual property rights. At …

, quality managers, and project leaders of small and medium-sized software development organizations. The book assists …

, supply, and maintenance of software. The Standard and Guideline are being used throughout the software industry as a … benchmark for software product and process quality. As yet few software organizations meet the process quality required to meet … the Standard, but increasingly the industry will seek to ensure that software organizations are certified under the …