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software issued by the defendant contains both MySQL open-source software based on the GPL and its closed source software (Gemini), but the installed software will display the icon of My SQLD program. MySQL AB accuses the defendant of violating GPL rules by forcing the defendant to open the Gemini source code required by the GPL. b) Open-source software license system Software License refers to the contract signed by the software publisher and user to guide and regulate how software is used. It is the property rights protection system of the software itself. Traditional intellectual property rights protect the exclusive property rights of individuals to the fruits of labor by law. Anyone needs to obtain the right to use the products in a conditional license, such as payment. A comparison is made between commercial software with proprietary property rights and open-source software with joint property rights (Table 1), which contains the following core hypothesis. In the mode of private supply, any leakage of personal knowledge results will lead to the decline of its income. Therefore, most private suppliers will try to reduce knowledge sharing and protect individual proprietary property rights of products in the form of intellectual property rights[6]. Open-source software in the form of license, so that anyone can use, modify and release source code software free of charge, product rights are entirely open to the outside world, shared property rights. The licensing system breaks the traditional intellectual property misconception that open-source software owned by common ownership does not need copyright protection, which is wrong. Licenses protect open- source software copyright in such a way as to avoid private ownership of shared knowledge products effectively. The lack of motivation is overcome because developers are motivated to volunteer because they have certain stable expectations of participating in contributions. Table 1: Comparison of property right structure between commercial software and open-source software Software type Commercial software (proprietary) Open-Source software (shared ownership) rights of possession Private possession Open to all, not to any personal possession right to use Subject to a conditional license, the licensee is free to use it Anyone can use, modify and distribute the software for free usufruct On a possession basis, the copyright holder earns revenue by selling the software On a usufruct basis, producers earn revenue by using the software right of disposition Producers are free to license or transfer software Producers must open licenses, and there is no transfer of software At present, there are 63 kinds of open-source licenses certified and published by the OSI official organization, which can be divided into three types according to the severity of the requirements for open source distribution. The first type is the most strict and can best reflect the spirit of free software, which is the fundamental driving force for developing open-source software, and is represented by GPL and LGPL licenses. The second category is the traditional commercial software companies actively engaged in the open- source software world, represented by the MPL license. Finally, the third category is the most comprehensive open-source in the world of open-source software. Open-source code can be freely combined with proprietary commercial software source code, and it is the most typical business-friendly license, represented by a BSD license [7]. The prevailing open-source software licensing rules are shown in Table 2. Institutional Logic, Dilemma and Suggestions of Open Source Innovation: A Case Study of Blockchain 47 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue II Version I Year 2022 ( )D © 2022 Global Journals