Software Reuse and its Inherent Legal Impediments.

Abstract

Software reuse has become a critical issue as public and private entities struggle to control cost in the expensive field of applications development and authors of software products act to protect their intellectual property rights. Software customers who are engaged in end-use development hope to be able to negotiate reuse contracts that allow them to economically develop complete applications. This thesis investigates the history and discusses the legal issues surrounding the reuse of software as intellectual property. It concludes by discussing several measures for dealing with the legal barriers to software reuse.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300177

Entities

People

  • Claxton R. Johnson Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Data Rights
  • Engineers
  • Government Procurement
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Organizational Structure
  • Patents
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Educational Psychology
  • Government and Public Administration Law.