The white paper for the second project is due in late April (exact date depends on the date of your debate). Be working on them!
Participate in the discussion (on the class discussion forum) on topics raised by the instructors for this week. You are also encouraged to raise new topics for discussion.
Post your answers to the homework questions, which are also posted on the discussion forum, during the week. Again, they will be graded next week.
Information Rules:
Chapter 5 and 6 Lock-in
Chapter 4 Rights Management
From the Networked Applications reader that was passed out in class:
Section 8.3.1 on intellectual property
From Hal Varian's reader sold at Copy Central on Bancroft:
Appendix with model of lock-in
Web-based resources:
Opensource.org has a number of readings on open source software. In particular see the business case.
Freepatents.org has a number of articles arguing against software patents
Project reports from previous classes:
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Project reports from previous classes:
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Additional discussion of lecture topics this week can be found in Networked Applications (the softcover book):
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Scholarly papers:
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