[Fsfe-ie] Opening Doors & Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding Software Development

[teresahackett at eircom.net]

The Center for Economic and Policy Research has just released the paper,
"Opening Doors and Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding
Software Development" by Dean Baker, CEPR economist and Co-Director.

This paper examines the ways in which copyrights and patents 
(intellectual property rights) lead to inefficiency and waste, and 
outlines alternative mechanisms for supporting software development.

The paper can be accessed at:
http://www.cepr.net/publications/windows_2005_10.pdf.

Kathryn Bogel
E-mail: bogel at cepr.net
Center for Economic and Policy Research
1611 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Phone (202) 293-5380 x111
Fax (202) 588-1356
_www.cepr.net <http://www.cepr.net/>_

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