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- Title
THE TAO OF OPEN SOURCE: MINIMUM ACTION FOR MAXIMUM GAIN.
- Authors
Satchwell, Matthew D.
- Abstract
This Article denies the sharply diametric rhetoric characterizing the debate over the viability of open source software. Rejecting the extremes, Satchwell argues that a middle solution exists whereby a properly formed intellectual property regime will incentivize the production of quality open source software while ensuring the stability of the open source paradigm and without disrupting more traditional intellectual property structures. To this end, this Article discusses the necessary focus and form of such an open source IP regime and shows that by concentrating exclusively on attribution and vertical stability a path may be steered between the tragedies of the commons and anticommons that will enable and promote open source as a viably sustainable production method. Finally, a possible form for such a system is suggested and its benefits discussed.
- Subjects
OPEN source software; INTELLECTUAL property; COMPUTER software; COMPUTER software industry; COMMERCIAL law
- Publication
Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 4, p1757
- ISSN
1086-3818
- Publication type
Article