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...remain. Some examples: The Interim rule makes several references to insignificant risks associated with the release of “low-level technology” without addressing where the boundaries may exist for such technology. Can...
The paper examines the relationship between network externalities and the value of the World-Wide Web. It is shown that value depends on two offsetting effects. First, as the Web grows...
...and promoted the advancement of SystemC as an open source standard for system-level design. SystemC provided an interoperable modeling platform which enabled the development and exchange of very fast system-level...
Voluntary Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) create new compatibility standards through an explicit search for consensus. However, practitioners and policymakers have expressed concern that the SSO decision-making process is increasingly “politicized”...
...didn’t matter now, since the attacker by now would have created a trapdoor through which he could come and go as he pleased. Maybe as early as tonight he’d open...
...open source movement has silently managed to establish highly successful evolution techniques over the last two decades. These concepts represent best practices that could be applied equally to a number...
...compliant products remain unchanged, while a feature of the latter (guaranteed by licensing terms) is that it may evolve on a constant basis. But achieving the full value of open...
Briefly stated, the terms “free software” and “open source software” refer to software products distributed under terms that allow users to: Use the software, Modify the software, Redistribute the software...
...use of open source developers without any standardization or regulatory pressures. Encouraging such company practices might be the best option for a government if it considers patent royalties on compatibility...