A Dual Model of Open Source License Growth
A Dual Model of Open Source License Growth
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开源许可增长的双重模型
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-642-38928-3_18
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
W. Mauerer
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作者：
Gottfried Hofmann;D. Riehle;Carsten Kolassa;W. Mauerer
每个开源项目都需要决定开源许可证。该决定具有很高的经济相关性：正是哪个许可证是帮助该项目发展并吸引社区的最佳许可证？最常见的问题是：该项目是否应该选择限制性（倒数）许可证或更允许的许可？作为回答这个问题的重要一步，本文分析了十年开源项目的实际许可选择，并将项目增长相关联。它提供了封闭的分析模型，并发现2001年左右的许可选择逆转从限制性授予许可证。
Every open source project needs to decide on an open source license. This decision is of high economic relevance: Just which license is the best one to help the project grow and attract a community? The most common question is: Should the project choose a restrictive (reciprocal) license or a more permissive one? As an important step towards answering this question, this paper analyses actual license choice and correlated project growth from ten years of open source projects. It provides closed analytical models and finds that around 2001 a reversal in license choice occurred from restrictive towards permissive licenses.