Chapter. Intellectual Property Issues in Reusing Source Code from the Web

Description

When software reuse ignores traditional component boundaries, new software development practices emerge. These practices can be understood using the lens of remix culture, a set of values and ethics that has already present in music and video mashups.

Authors

Susan Elliott Sim, University of California, Irvine

Erik Stenberg, Chapman University

Bio and Photo

Susan Elliott Sim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at University of California, Irvine. Her primary research area is empirical software engineering, with particular attention to program comprehension, source code searching on the web, research methodology, and software process for small companies.