This article focuses on EU initiatives on cloud standards, particularly the work of ETSI, ENISA and the working groups set up by the European Commission; while acknowledging that cloud standardisation...
...researchers from different disciplines, IT-practitioners, policy makers, standards developers and users (administrations, companies, etc.) – that is, those who are interested in exchanging insights on standardization, and appreciate the different...
...with negative consequences for the international competitiveness of the U.S. economy (e.g., second generation of cellular telephony). An anticipatory policy approach, based on a standards competition which takes into consideration...
Several European countries, as well as the European Commission, have acknowledged the importance of open standards (under various definitions of that term) and have taken steps accordingly. Formal (e.g. ISO)...
...the completion of the Internal Market. This paper discusses the impact of the modifications to the process of standard setting, as they have been proposed by the Commission, with respect...
...standardization. We identify four other categories of coordinative mechanisms, and illustrate their relevance in OSS development. They complement committee standardization, can be used in standardization, and are sometimes an alternative...
The intermingling of standard-setting and patents has been a contentious topic in legal and technology circles in the last several years. Some say there is an inherent conflict between standard-setting...
The Open Source Definition is a bill of rights for the computer user. It defines certain rights that a software license must grant you to be certified as Open Source....
...side. This article demonstrates that Java programs combined with an appropriate object standardization may reduce the influence of the network externalities, giving smaller companies a better chance to compete successfully....
Janusz Ordover and Allan Shampine examine the economic goals of FRAND terms for licensing standard essential patents and how FRAND commitments should be enforced to achieve those goals and avoid...