Beat Proprietary Software / NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE / Tins / GPL / BSD / References 2 I. Introduction Open Source Software / Henkel / Open Source Software / Microsoft / /
Currency
BSD / / /
Facility
University of California Berkeley / Hearst Avenue University of California Berkeley / University of California / /
IndustryTerm
imperfect competitors selling products / technology spillovers / server operating systems / later developers / server software / re-designing software architecture / software contributions / software houses / revealed software / intellectual property law / desktop/client software / Apache web server collaboration / disclosed product / machine tools / software developers / similar technology needs / still produce useful technology spillovers / source software / particular applications / software product / software development / mass market software / distinct technologies / data solutions / remote services / pharmaceuticals / software services / industrial product / power management / software / software secret / or improve products / computer software / electronic devices / manufacturing companies delay / embedded software / earlier developers / geographic information systems / /
OperatingSystem
UNIX / LINUX / Berkeley Software Distribution / BSD / /
Organization
University of California / NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH / Suzanne Scotchmer Department of Economics / Hearst Avenue University / GSPP / /
Person
Gallagher / Suzanne Scotchmer / Stephen M. Maurer / Terry Hendershott / / /
Position
General / good player / author / /
ProgrammingLanguage
L / /
ProvinceOrState
California / /
Technology
two distinct technologies / Linux / UNIX / Information Technology / operating system / operating systems / one technology / drug discovery / cell phones / web server / /
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PARADIGM Stephen M. Maurer Suzanne Scotchmer