When open source turns cold on innovation - the challenges of navigating licensing complexities in new research domains

Authors:
Christopher Forbes;Iman Keivanloo;Juergen Rilling
Affiliations:
Concordia University, Canada;Concordia University, Canada;Concordia University, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Software Engineering
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this poster, we review the limitations open source licences introduce to the application of Linked Data in Software Engineering. We investigate whether open source licences support special requirements to publish source code as Linked Data on the Internet.