<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Josh Lerner</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jean Tirole</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Scope of Open Source Licensing</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Law, Economics and Organization</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">developers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">license</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">licenses</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">permissive</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">restrictive</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sourceforge</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/lernertirole2.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20-56</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper is an initial exploration of the determinants of open source license choice. It first enumerates the various considerations that should figure into the licensor's choice of contractual terms, in particular highlighting how the decision is shaped not just by the preferences of the licensor itself, but also by that of the community of developers. The paper then presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of license choice using the SourceForge database, a compilation of nearly 40,000 open source projects. Projects geared toward end-users tend to have restrictive licenses, while those oriented toward developers are less likely to do so. Projects that are designed to run on commercial operating systems and those geared towards the Internet are less likely to have restrictive licenses. Finally, projects that are likely to be attractive to consumers such as games are more likely to have restrictive licenses.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>