Search Results - subject:"Open source software"

Who Starts with Open Source? Institutional Choice of Start-Ups in the German ICT Sector

Fritsch, Michael; Engelhardt, Sebastian von - 2013

between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS …

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Code Reuse in Open Source Software Development : Quantitative Evidence, Drivers, and Impediments

Sojer, Manuel; Henkel, Joachim - 2013

The focus of existing open source software (OSS) research has been on how and why individuals and firms add to the …

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Community-Based Production of Open Source Software : What Do We Know about the Developers Who Participate?

David, Paul A.; Shapiro, Joseph S. - 2013

This paper seeks to close an empirical gap regarding the motivations, personal attributes and behavioral patterns among free/libre and open source (FLOSS) developers, especially those involved in community-based production, and considers the bearing of its findings on the existing literature and...

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Open Source Licensing in Mixed Markets, or Why Open Source Software Does Not Succeed

Gaudeul, Alexia - 2013

find it easier to adopt her standard in their products. If she wants to promote the use of open source software per se, she … effort. I show that open source software that comes late into a market will be less likely than more innovative open source … software to be compatible with proprietary software, but is also more likely to be made more accessible to inexperienced users …

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A Public Domain Approach to Free and Open Source Software?

Vetter, Greg R. - 2013

Source Software (FOSS). The question is whether open innovation communities might enjoy a better future with the dedication … as an alternative to intellectual property based regimes such as the licensing system that implements Free and Open …

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Communication Network Characteristics of Open Source Communities

Hinds, David; Lee, Ronald Marlin - 2013

study, we extended this research to a new type of work group - the open source software project community – with the …

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The Implications of Incumbent Intellectual Property Strategies for Open Source Software Success and Commercialization

Wen, Wen - 2013

This dissertation investigates how IPR enforcement by proprietary incumbents influences open source software (OSS …

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Resolving the Open Source Paradox in Biotechnology : A Proposal for a Revised Open Source Policy for Publicly Funded Genomic Databases

Gitter, Donna M. - 2013

This article examines the intellectual property conflicts that arise when creators of large-scale, publicly funded genomic databases release that data to the public. One recent genomic project, the International HapMap Project, implemented a form of data release modeled on the open source...

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Dynamic Mixed Duopoly : A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Ghemawat, Pankaj - 2013

This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by interactions between Linux, an...

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Linking Cyclicality and Product Quality

Sosa, Manuel - 2013

, which are based on analysis of open source software development projects, have implications for the study and design of …

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