...while adaptation operates over the long run, at the community-level, and only becomes the dominant response with time. In a quantitative analysis of this thesis we examine the causal impact...
...develop and test two extensions of the earlier model: the presence of provisions mandating royalty-free licensing is negatively associated with disclosure requirements, and when there are only a limited number...
...that hosts almost all of the Commonwealth’s mission critical IT systems; hosts the Commonwealth’s e-government portal, Mass.gov; and operates enterprise IT systems, including a central e-mail system, a central human...
...open source areas are much sought after and command substantial compensation premiums; Developers enjoy unprecedented autonomy in developing software within well-respected projects; Virtually all of the major ICT companies participate...
...creation of valuable technical specifications, standards and reference software. They are also a major source of the verification test suites and compliance testing tools that allow vendors to more cost...
...products, processes, or systems comply with regulations or voluntary standards. These processes include tests of components, certification of test results, and accreditation methods that assess the competence of testing laboratories....
...services and adoption of new online products through the development and registration of trust frameworks and sharing of domain expertise, joint research and pilot projects to test real-world use cases....
Developed and promoted the OpenWEIGHTLESS network technology standard in M2M communications OpenWEIGHTLESS developed an open standard IoT connectivity technology and standards, managed related IPR, coordinated related test and certification services...
...standards compliance testing and product certification test tools, and even complete reference implementations to aid in interoperability testing. The mere development and use of software by SSOs in these ways...
...Free/Open Source software (FOSS). FOSS extends the range of products available to consumers, complementing, rather than replacing, proprietary provision. Pre-packaged software addresses common uses with limited feature sets, while firms...