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Open Source Software Economics,
          and Standards, and IP in One Lesson

                              August, 2008




                               Stephen R. Walli




Copyright, Stephen R. Walli, some rights reserved
Distributed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Deed
Always question:
“And that would be different from other proprietary or closed software
how?”




  Copyright, Stephen R. Walli, some rights reserved
  Distributed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Deed
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                                         Users
                                         Buyers




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Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson
Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson

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Open Source Software Economics, Standards, and IP in One Lesson

  • 1. Open Source Software Economics, and Standards, and IP in One Lesson August, 2008 Stephen R. Walli Copyright, Stephen R. Walli, some rights reserved Distributed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Deed
  • 2. Always question: “And that would be different from other proprietary or closed software how?” Copyright, Stephen R. Walli, some rights reserved Distributed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Deed
  • 3. Makers Users Buyers Copyright, Stephen R. Walli, some rights reserved 3 Distributed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Deed