not affected by software quality. Furthermore, when the provider of the open source software pursues the maximum market … proprietary software. Moreover, the proprietary software producer does not favor its proprietary rival changing to open source … software. Such a change may lower the social welfare …

This paper will concentrate on presenting a legal analysis of two of the main challenges to open source software: SCO … source software, and the possible legal defences used against them …'s litigation and software patents. The paper discusses the validity of such challenges, their possible impact to the future of open …

Open source software is increasingly used in mission-critical processes of organizations, signaling its acceptance as … approaches to reliable software development. Stronger still, open source software seems to thrive under conditions of that are …

Open-source software is not for hobbyists any more. Instead, it is a business strategy with broad applicability …. Therefore, not all Open Source Software products have the same profit potential. I have classified Open Source Software products … lead to high profits. Since many Open Source Software products are freely available, managers must scan public repositories …

patenting and the implications that the use by patentees of continuations has for free and open-source software design. Our … "hold-up" of software adopters and follow-on software innovators, and extend the analysis to open-source software …

Open source software, developed by volunteers, appears counter to the conventional wisdom that private provision of …, Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and Free/Open Source software (FOSS). I show that with complex software, some firms will …

Some free or open source software infects other software with its licensing terms. Popularly, this is called a viral … license, but the software is not a computer virus. Free or open source software is a copyright based licensing system. It … infectious ambit would apply itself to modified software, and to software intermixed or coupled with non open source software …

This Article analyzes legal protection for open-source software by comparing it to the venerable civil law tradition of … Collaborative Integrity of open-source software. The history and legacy of moral rights help us better understand Collaborative … Integrity in open-source software. The right of integrity in some international jurisdictions may apply to software, thus …

Free, libre or open source software (FLOSS) is nowadays produced not only by individual benevolent developers but, in a …