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consequences for firms, the license obligations of the reused code have to be met. While this risk seems to be manageable in … software developers sometimes do not treat license obligations properly. Quantitatively investigating this issue, we explore … the ad-hoc Internet code reuse of professional software developers with a particular focus on license issues by analyzing …
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Efficient markets for technology are essential for innovative industries. A determinant of their efficiency hitherto neglected is the separation in the licensing process of technical knowledge from the intellectual property rights that cover it. I study this question in the context of the...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) relies heavily on wireless communication technologies, which are covered by thousands of standard-essential patents (SEPs). Numerous applications of IoT technologies are being developed, frequently coming from entrepreneurial firms. The high degree of fragmentation...
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Open source software (OSS) is a public good. A self-interested individual would consider providing such software, if the benefits he gained from having it justified the cost of programming. Nevertheless each agent is tempted to free ride and wait for others to develop the software instead. This...
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Recently the software industry has experienced fundamental changes in market structure through the entry of open source competitors, e.g. Linux's entry into the operating systems market. In a simple model we examine the effects of such a change in market structure from monopoly to duopoly under...
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