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The Implications of Incumbent Intellectual Property Strategies for Open Source Software Success and Commercialization
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Wen, Wen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
While open source software (OSS) emphasizes open access to the source code and avoids the use of formal appropriability mechanisms, there has been little understanding of how the existence and exercise of formal intellectual property rights (IPR) such as patents influence the direction of OSS innovation. This dissertation seeks to bridge this gap…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Open Source Technology, Computer Software, Innovation