Table of contents
Introduction ;
1. Open Source Softwares - An Overview ;
1.1 Softwares and Evolution of OSS ;
1.2 Definition and Characteristics of OSS ;
l.3 OSS Licenses ;
l.3.1 GNU GPL ;
l.3 .2 GNU LGPL ;
l.3 .3 GNU FDL ;
1.4 OSS - Social perspective;
2. Market regulation of Software Market ;
2.1 Antitrust - Effects on the market;
2.2 Software market governance by antitrust regulations ;
2.3 Demystification of some basic concepts ;
2.3.1 Softwares - "Goods" or "services"? ;
2.3.2 Determining relevant market for Softwares under Antitrust law;
3. Anticompetitive Agreements ;
3.1 Exposition of Section 3 and its significance with respect to Microsoft case ;
3.2 OSS and Anticompetitive agreements by Proprietary Software developers ;
3.3 IPR as an exception ;
4. Abuse of Dominant Position ;
4.1 Acquiring dominant position in the market;
4.2 Abusive practices ;
4.2.1 Pricing practices ;
4.2.2 Non Pricing practices ;
4.3 Software enterprises abusing dominant position ;
4.3.1 US position ;
4.3.2 EU position ;
4.3.3 Indian position ;
5. Combinations ;
5.1 Legislative framework to govern software enterprises under the Competition Act ;
5.2 How combinations can yield anticompetitive results? ;
5.3 Combinations in Software enterprises ;
Conclusion and Suggestions ;
Bibliography.

Open Source Software Software Market Governance - Antitrust Regulations Software Market Regulation