Government Policy toward Open Source Software
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2010
124 pages
978-0-8157-1705-8 (ISBN)
Description
Can open source software¿software that is usually available without charge and that individuals are free to modify¿survive against the fierce competition of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows? Should the government intervene on its behalf? This book addresses a host of issues raised by the rapid growth of open source software, including government subsidies for research and development, government procurement policy, and patent and copyright policy. Contributors offer diverse perspectives on a phenomenon that has become a lightning rod for controversy in the field of information technology. Contributors include James Bessen (Research on Innovation), David S. Evans (National Economic Research Associates), Lawrence Lessig (Stanford University), Bradford L. Smith (Microsoft Corporation), and Robert W. Hahn (director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center).
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-1705-8 (9780815717058)
DOI
10.5771/9780815717058
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Robert W. Hahn
Government Policy toward Open Source Software
Book
12/2002
Brookings Institution
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Person
Robert W. Hahn is co-founder and executive director of the American Enterprise Institute Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and a resident scholar at AEI. He has served as a consultant to government and industry on a variety of issues involving regulation and antitrust.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- Government Policy toward Open Source Software: An Overview
- What Good Is Free Software?
- Politics and Programming: Government Preferences for Promoting Open Source Software
- Open Source Baselines: Compared to What?
- The Future of Software: Enabling the Marketplace to Decide
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover
