Protecting the Virtual Commons
Self-Organizing Open Source and Free Software Communities and Innovative Intellectual Property Regimes
Series: Information Technology and Law Series; 3;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1st Edition.
- Publisher T.M.C. Asser Press
- Date of Publication 15 August 2003
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9789067041591
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages168 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 462 g
- Language English
- Illustrations XII, 168 p. 0
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Long description:
Worldwide, governments and businesses are recognizing the added value of open source and free software. Unlike other software, this software is developed and continuously improved by volunteers in communities on the Internet. Some of these communities, like Linux and Apache, connect thousands of volunteers worldwide. The question is how these communities are able to continuously develop innovative software in a world dominated by markets, companies and laws.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Describing open source and free software communities; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Popularity of open source and free software; 1.3 Historical development of openness and freedom; 1.4 The communities; 1.5 Characteristics of the communities; 2. Interpreting open source and free software communities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The challenge facing open source and free software; 2.3 How individuals in communities provide a public good; 2.4 On the nature of innovations; 2.5 Variation and selection in open source and free software communities; 2.6 Summary; 3. The commons under pressure: business processes and IPR; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What are intellectual property rights?; 3.3 Copyrights and patents on software; 3.4 Firms and their attitude towards IPR in the digital age; 3.5 Threats from the physical domain; 3.6 Summary; 4. Mechanisms to protect the commons; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Open source and free software licenses; 4.3 Beachheads; 4.4 Strategies; 4.5 Communities becoming a threat to the corporate software; 4.6 Effects of the protection mechanisms; 5. Living apart together: hybrid business strategies on the edge of the commons; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Hybrid strategies for software developers; 5.3 Hybrid strategies for hardware manufacturers; 5.4 Hybrid strategies for corporate users; 6. Analysis and conclusion; References; Appendix: the licenses; About the authors; Index.
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