کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
552312 873203 2012 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Revisiting the incentive to tolerate illegal distribution of software products
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر سیستم های اطلاعاتی
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Revisiting the incentive to tolerate illegal distribution of software products
چکیده انگلیسی

Motivated by the recent strategy switch of a large software producer, this paper revisits the trade-offs associated with tolerating illegal distribution of software products. Conventional wisdom is that a higher level of positive network effects justifies a tolerant approach on the part of software producers—because illegal distribution leads to more users, amplifies positive network effects, and creates a greater demand for the legal version. I show that this wisdom does not hold in the context of supporting illegal versions with patches. Patches are used for plugging security vulnerabilities as well as for distributing functionality changes. Software producers have the option of supporting illegal versions with either or both kinds of patches. I find that, even in the presence of strong positive network effects, the least tolerant approach of denying illegal versions both kinds of patches can be optimal.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Decision Support Systems - Volume 53, Issue 2, May 2012, Pages 357–367
نویسندگان
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