...through the activity of a software development community that deliberately did not follow profit motivations. Second, a hierarchical coordination emerged without the support of an organization with proprietary rights. Third,...
During the ’60s and the ’70s, basically all software was Open Source and everyone was allowed to copy, modify and redistribute computer programs. When software ceased to be hardware-specific and...
This paper discusses the tensions between open source communities and proprietary software development and identifies a number of innovative regimes that should deal with these tensions.
...in particular highlighting how the decision is shaped not just by the preferences of the licensor itself, but also by that of the community of developers. The paper then presents...
...rewards that corre- spond to their superior capabilities. With this incentive they will forgo the immediate rewards they could earn in software companies producing propri- etary software by restricting the...
...community could take, but an OSS patent pool is the best way for the OSS community to leverage both teh patent system and the OSS culture to help protect the...
This paper analyzes the effect of the development cost on an open source software enhancement that is developed by individual programmers in an Internet community. It considers a situation in...
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains a diverse and extensive program of research, development, and testing that enables dramatic scientific, robotic and manned missions into earth...
The open source software development concept can seem radical and revolutionary until one compares it to familiar processes such as academic scholarship, legislation and the court system, each of which...
...by the vast patent portfolios of multinational corporations. Unless a greater effort is made to adopt royalty free standards, the result may be a future filled with international standards wars....