License integration patterns: Addressing license mismatches in component-based development

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 188-198

  German, Daniel M ^a   Hassan, Ahmed E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT; DOCUMENT INTEGRATION; INTEGRATION PATTERNS; LEGAL ISSUES; MISMATCH PROBLEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; RAPID GROWTH; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 73449100412     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2009.5070520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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