Search Results - subject:"Open source Software"

The Price of Free Software : Information Costs and the Free Software Foundation's General Public License

Lotan, Karni - 2014

The open source model, initially spawned by anti-proprietary ideology, was adopted by the software industry as a viable alternative to proprietary software. Along with the open source paradigm, commercial firms also adopted the GPL, a restrictive license that manifested the core objectives of...

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Harvesting Altruism in Open-Source Software Development

Haruvy, Ernan; Prasad, Ashutosh; Sethi, Suresh - 2014

observe commercial marketing of the open-source software they helped create, leading to a reduction in improvements to the … software. A primary concern for software firms seeking to develop and market open-source software is, thus, how the motivation …

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Intellectual Property Rights and Ex-Post Transaction Costs : The Case of Open and Closed Source Software

Engelhardt, Sebastian von - 2014

The economic characteristics of software and transaction costs explain, why closed source and open source software co …

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Pools, Thickets and Open Source Nanotechnology

D'Silva, Joel - 2014

This paper considers key intellectual property issues arising in the context of escalating nanotechnology patents. Patent thickets, a problematic aspect of patenting essential nanotechnology research, are examined in the first part of this paper, together with a related discussion on patent...

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Compensation Schemes for Programmers in the Presence of Open Source Software

Mehra, Amit; Mookerjee, Vijay - 2014

The presence of an open source software community has provided firms with a non-monetary compensation dimension: the …

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Trips, Access to Medicines and Developing Nations : Towards an Open Source Solution

Srinivas, Krishna Ravi - 2014

The access to drugs and development of new drugs to what are called as neglected diseases in developing nations is a major issue. To what extent intellectual property rights (IPRS) facilitate or hinder this is a controversial issue. The harmonization of global IP regime under TRIPS norms has...

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Open Source Approaches in Biotechnology : Utopia Revisited

Joly, Yann - 2014

In the field of biotechnology, the patent system has had its share of detractors and has come under increasing criticism of late. It has been suggested that cooperative strategies such as open source could correct the inadequacies generated by the application of the patent system to...

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Too Many Open Source Licenses! But Do the Existing Licenses Adequately Encompass the Diverse Needs and Concerns of Particular Stakeholders?

Skidmore, Darren - 2014

available, in the Open Source Software license weltanschauung. However there are arguments for the need to add to the suite of … the number of stakeholders in Open Source Software also demands attention for addition to the available licenses. This …, changes in jurisprudence, choices of law and forum. Stakeholders of Open Source software are then examined, along with …

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Boosting Government Performance with Open Source Software? A Roadmap for Germany (Impulsar El Desempeño Del Estado Con Software De Código Abierto? Plan De Trabajo Para Alemania)

Jesse, Norbert; Fernández López, Odette - 2014

shaping the objectives and goals for IT expansion. We discuss the role of open source software and how new approaches for …

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Collective Innovation in Open Source Hardware

Kyriakou, Harris; Nickerson, Jeffrey V. - 2014

A growing community that shares digital 3D designs has created an opportunity to study, encourage and stimulate innovation. This remix community allows people not only to prototype at a minimal cost but also to work on projects they are genuinely interested in (Acosta 2009; Dougherty 2012)....

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