• DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-30746-1_8
Corpus ID: 30640871

IP Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture

@inproceedings{Waltl2012IPMI,
  title={IP Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture},
  author={J. Waltl and J. Henkel and C. Baldwin},
  booktitle={ICSOB},
  year={2012}
}

J. Waltl, J. Henkel, C. Baldwin

Published in ICSOB 2012

Computer Science

We provide a case study of the concept of “IP modularity,” analyzing the case of SugarCRM. The modular architecture of this platform software is aligned with its intellectual property structure in such a way that the firm can derive, from the same code tree, an open source community version and a proprietary version. The software’s IP modular structure also facilitates the development of complements by distributed and anonymous complementors and simplifies downstream customizations, thus… CONTINUE READING

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