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Title:

License Risks from Ad-Hoc Reuse of Code from the Internet: An Empirical Investigation

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Manuel Sojer, Joachim Henkel
Non-TUM Co-author(s):
Ja
Cooperation:
national
Abstract:
Reusing code that is downloadable from the Internet—particularly open source software (OSS) code—in commercial software development is attractive for both firms and their software developers. However, to avoid serious economic and legal consequences for firms, the license obligations of the reused code have to be met. While this risk seems to be manageable in systematic reuse, colloquial evidence suggests that when reusing Internet code in ad-hoc fashion, individual professional software develop...     »
Dewey Decimal Classification:
330
Intellectual Contribution:
Discipline-based Research
Contracting organization:
TUM
Year:
2011
Monat:
Apr
Pages:
41
Language:
en
Semester:
SS 09
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Technologie und Innovationsmanagement
Format:
Text
Key publication:
Nein
International:
Ja
Commissioned:
not commissioned
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