Abstract In 2005, IBM provided open access to 500 of their software patents to establish a platform to further innovation. Recently, a paper by Wen and her colleagues empirically analyzed this relationship and found a positive association between IBM's patent pledge and open source software start-up firms' market entry. Despite their seminal findings, it is somehow questionable whether start-up firms enter markets regardless of the patent value of the market, as small-to medium-sized firms such as start-ups have a practice of selectively entering markets. By complementing Wen, Ceccagnoli and Forman's paper, we not only provide more contextual explanations, but also show that start-up firms tend to selectively enter markets where patents are filled with younger and higher citation rates.

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IBM专利质押模式批判性评价：专利质量对开源软件START-UP市场进入决策的影响

摘要 2005 年，IBM 提供了对其 500 项软件专利的开放访问，以建立一个进一步创新的平台。最近，Wen 和她的同事的一篇论文对这种关系进行了实证分析，发现 IBM 的专利承诺与开源软件初创公司的市场进入之间存在正相关关系。尽管他们有开创性的发现，但无论市场的专利价值如何，初创公司是否进入市场都存在疑问，因为初创公司等中小型公司有选择性进入市场的做法。通过补充 Wen、Ceccagnoli 和 Forman 的论文，我们不仅提供了更多的背景解释，而且表明初创公司倾向于有选择地进入专利年轻且引用率较高的市场。