In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open …-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically … contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the nature of competition between OSS constituents and proprietary software …

hybrid inductive methods to study discussions around initiation and change of software licenses—a fundamental and potentially …

Using the method of comparative analysis, this paper explores different legal issues related to software management … exploitation of software. Finally, considerations of a general nature will be developed and some operational solutions proposed …

one product. Three case studies based on the experiences of companies Sleepycat Software Inc., MySQL AB, and TrollTech AS …

The act of people buying and downloading software (or purchasing it on CD) is very general nowadays. And with these … activities, a software license agreement is being concluded. But, as new technologies emerge, new business models appear, and … they need a different legal background and a different kind of legal documents to protect them. The “Software as a Service …