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The present work aims at giving an account of the patenting behaviour in the software sector, focusing on the European Union and pointing out issues regarding a trade-off which would support a policy attitude in favour of a wider diffusion of the Open Source model.
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Rentocchini, F., De Prato, G. (2006). Software Patents and Open Source Software in the European Union: Evidences of a Trade-Off?. In: Damiani, E., Fitzgerald, B., Scacchi, W., Scotto, M., Succi, G. (eds) Open Source Systems. OSS 2006. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34226-5_41
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