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Slouching Toward Open Innovation: Free and Open Source Software for Electronic Health Information

Author: Greg R. Vetter (University of Houston Law Center)

  • Slouching Toward Open Innovation: Free and Open Source Software for Electronic Health Information

    Essay

    Slouching Toward Open Innovation: Free and Open Source Software for Electronic Health Information

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Abstract

This Article argues that some software markets are more favorable for open source approaches than others. Using a case study of one particular software market, this Article develops a tentative framework of factors characterizing markets likely to disfavor contemporary approaches in free and open source software.

Keywords: Open source software, Electronic medical records, Electronic records, Medical records, Royalties (Intellectual property), Software licensing, United States

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Published on
2009-01-01