As a widely recognized and jointly observed method of constraining behavior within open source community,the behavior guidelines and contribution rules centered on open source licenses are typical community norms.These norms realizes community autonomy through spontaneous autonomy rules and reciprocal constraint mechanisms.The interplay between open source licenses and intellectual property licenses influences the behavior choices of various entities on open source licenses.Furthermore,legal recognition of the nature and effectiveness of open source licenses imparts a contractual legal significance to the community norms of open source community.Judicial application of the existing normative analysis framework influences open source licenses through the force of law,and gradually forming contractual self-governing rules.As two different governance methods in cyberspace regulation,"community norms"and"legal rules"create different regulatory intervention paths that jointly affect the open source community with licenses as core norms.This governance model should not be analyzed solely from a regulatory perspective,the guiding role that market may play in changing open source license terms must also be considered.The essence of combining altruistic open source with self-interested business model is driven by industrial policy within specific markets.
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