We discuss the formation of technical standards platforms in industries with network externalities where firms are free to choose their degree of technical compatibility with competitors. In our model, firms...
...that standardization — at least early standardization — leads to a free riding problem, and thus to a significant decrease in marginal incentives for R&D investment. For this reason, competing...
...of innovation users (more precisely, “user/self-manufacturers”). “Free” and “open source” software projects are examples of such networks, and examples can be found in the case of physical products as well....
...traditional global organizations. Later, but to a lesser extent, the communications technology sector followed suit. Today with the ongoing process of globalization, the advent of the Internet and the Web,...
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has examined the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) rules, which go into effect today, governing Software Defined Radio (SDR) devices and concluded that the rules...
The institution of university science research has evolved over the past century, from one of open science and free information to one of competition and jealously guarded intellectual property rights....
...political pressure on the other components in terms of pricing, lock-in, choice, openness, competitiveness, interoperability, etc. The triangle can be skewed if one component exerts unmatched force into the marketplace....
...source software development for academic research. The project draws on the ongoing collection and analysis efforts of many research groups, reducing duplication, and promoting compatibility both across sources of FLOSS...
The open source software (OSS) landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. While OSS and its Free Software antecedent were largely driven by ideology and individual commitment, the main driving...
...a model of software development, and examine historical instances of free knowledge trading. Through this examination I hope to answer the ultimate question of “How does Open Source Software Development...