"Software Patents" - IT-Security at Stake?
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Short abstract This paper in short1 presents the thesis that insecurity of software is due to interaction of technological and legal shortcomings, fostered by economic rationality. Ineffective liability laws further the distribution of unreliable and insecure software. Copyright protection for software hinders the quality improvement. Patent protection encourages the use of proprietary instead of standard technology. Open source development is proposed as a starting point for a risk management strategy to improve the situation. Existing patent laws need therefore be modified to include a "source code privilege".
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Patents " — IT – Security at Stake ?
This paper 1 presents the thesis that insecurity of software is due to interaction of technological and legal shortcomings, fostered by economic rationality. Ineffective liability laws further the distribution of unreliable and insecure software. Copyright protection for software hinders the quality improvement. Patent protection encourages the use of proprietary instead of standard technology....
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تاریخ انتشار 2001