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題名 New Perspectives on Public Goods Production: Policy Implications of Open Source Software
作者 Lee, Jyh-An
李治安
貢獻者 法科所
關鍵詞 open source software; free software; government policy; innovation policy; public goods; intellectual property; competition; neutrality
日期 2006
上傳時間 21-Mar-2014 14:11:35 (UTC+8)
摘要 Globally, the rapid rise of Open Source Software (OSS) development has drawn the intense attention of the public sector as well as the private sector. For a variety of policy reasons, governments throughout the world are now adopting various legislative and administrative strategies that support the development of OSS. This article reveals some empirical data regarding the trend of evolving OSS policies globally. Additionally, this article investigates why so many governments are considering support of OSS development, and weighs the pros and cons of such policies. The ultimate conclusion is that when two systems are equally suitable, governments may reasonably choose OSS over proprietary software because software industry market failures may justify such support of OSS development. While governments considering supporting OSS are primarily concerned with significant switching costs and incompatibility problems, OSS is actually superior to proprietary software because it increases compatibility and consequently decreases switching costs in the long term. Further, OSS will not only help developing countries build their information technology capabilities, but will also promote competition in the software market.
關聯 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, 9(1), 45-112
資料類型 article
dc.contributor 法科所en_US
dc.creator (作者) Lee, Jyh-Anen_US
dc.creator (作者) 李治安zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2006en_US
dc.date.accessioned 21-Mar-2014 14:11:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 21-Mar-2014 14:11:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 21-Mar-2014 14:11:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/64802-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Globally, the rapid rise of Open Source Software (OSS) development has drawn the intense attention of the public sector as well as the private sector. For a variety of policy reasons, governments throughout the world are now adopting various legislative and administrative strategies that support the development of OSS. This article reveals some empirical data regarding the trend of evolving OSS policies globally. Additionally, this article investigates why so many governments are considering support of OSS development, and weighs the pros and cons of such policies. The ultimate conclusion is that when two systems are equally suitable, governments may reasonably choose OSS over proprietary software because software industry market failures may justify such support of OSS development. While governments considering supporting OSS are primarily concerned with significant switching costs and incompatibility problems, OSS is actually superior to proprietary software because it increases compatibility and consequently decreases switching costs in the long term. Further, OSS will not only help developing countries build their information technology capabilities, but will also promote competition in the software market.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, 9(1), 45-112en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) open source software; free software; government policy; innovation policy; public goods; intellectual property; competition; neutralityen_US
dc.title (題名) New Perspectives on Public Goods Production: Policy Implications of Open Source Softwareen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen