Ebook: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11–14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland

Open source software (free software) has emerged as a major field of scientific inquiry across a number of disciplines. When the concept of open source began to gain mindshare in the global business community, decision makers faced a challenge: to convert hype and potential into sustainable profit and viable business models.

This volume addresses this challenge through presenting some of the newest, extensively peer-reviewed research in the area.

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Open source software has emerged as a major field of scientific inquiry across a number of disciplines. When the concept of open source began to gain mindshare in the global business community, decision makers faced a challenge: to convert hype and potential into sustainable profit and viable business models. This volume addresses this challenge through presenting some of the newest, extensively peer-reviewed research in the area.

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Open source software has emerged as a major field of scientific inquiry across a number of disciplines. When the concept of open source began to gain mindshare in the global business community, decision makers faced a challenge: to convert hype and potential into sustainable profit and viable business models. This volume addresses this challenge through presenting some of the newest, extensively peer-reviewed research in the area.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
FOCSE: An OWA-based Evaluation Framework for OS Adoption in Critical Environments....Pages 3-16
Open Source Collaboration for Fostering Off-The-Shelf Components Selection....Pages 17-30
From the Cathedral to the Bazaar: An Empirical Study of the Lifecycle of Volunteer Community Projects....Pages 31-44
Project Entity Matching across FLOSS Repositories....Pages 45-57
Can Knowledge Management be Open Source?....Pages 59-70
Emergent Decision-Making Practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software (Floss) Development Teams....Pages 71-84
Experiences on Product Development with Open Source Software....Pages 85-96
Exploring the Effects of Coordination and Communication Tools on the Efficiency of Open Source Projects using Data Envelopment Analysis....Pages 97-108
Innovation in Open Source Software Development: A Tale of Two Features....Pages 109-120
Corporate Involvement of Libre Software: Study of Presence in Debian Code over Time....Pages 121-132
Sprint-driven development: working, learning and the process of enculturation in the PyPy community....Pages 133-146
Using Repository of Repositories (RoRs) to Study the Growth of F/OSS Projects: A Meta-Analysis Research Approach....Pages 147-160
Community Structure, Individual Participation and the Social Construction of Merit....Pages 161-172
OpenBQR: a framework for the assessment of OSS....Pages 173-186
Network Analysis of the SourceForge.net Community....Pages 187-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Influence in the Linux Kernel Community....Pages 203-208
EDOS Distribution System: a P2P architecture for open-source content dissemination....Pages 209-215
Reusing an open source application — practical experiences with a mobile CRM pilot....Pages 217-222
The role of trust in OSS communities — Case Linux Kernel community....Pages 223-228
Authenticating from multiple authentication sources in a collaborative platform....Pages 229-234
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Learning and the imperative of production in Free/Open Source development....Pages 235-240
Open source technologies for visually impaired people....Pages 241-246
Different Bug Fixing Regimes? A Preliminary Case for Superbugs....Pages 247-252
Free/Open Services: Conceptualization, Classification, and Commercialization....Pages 253-258
Surveying Industrial Roles in Open Source Software Development....Pages 259-264
Guiding the Discovery of Open Source Software Processes with a Reference Model....Pages 265-270
Effect of Coupling on Defect Proneness in Evolutionary Open-Source Software Development....Pages 271-276
The Use of Open Source Software in Enterprise Distributed Computing Environments....Pages 277-282
Shared Assumption Concerning Technical Determination in Apache Web Server Developer Community....Pages 283-288
Learning Through Practical Involvement in the OSS Ecosystem: Experiences from a Masters Assignment....Pages 289-294
Release Management in Free Software Projects: Practices and Problems....Pages 295-300
Context-Dependent Evaluation Methodology for Open Source Software....Pages 301-306
Benefits and Drawbacks of Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of Secondary Software Firms....Pages 307-312
Introducing Usability Practices to OSS: The Insiders’ Experience....Pages 313-318
Perceptions on F/OSS Adoption....Pages 319-324
Open Source Software and Open Data Standards as a form of Technology Adoption: a Case Study....Pages 325-330
Free/Open Source Software Adoption, Public Policies and Development Indicators: An International Comparison....Pages 331-336
Levels of Formality in FOSS Communities....Pages 337-342
Stakeholder value, usage, needs and obligations from differnet types of F/LOSS licenses....Pages 343-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Introduction to Panel Discussions at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems — OSS 2007....Pages 351-352
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Legal issues for free and open source software in government....Pages 353-354
Data and analyses sharing to support research on free/libre open source software....Pages 355-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Introduction to OSS 2007 Tutorial Program....Pages 359-360
How to Gather FLOSS Metrics....Pages 361-362
EDOS-Tools Tutorial: EDOS Tools for Linux Distributions Dependencies Management and Quality Assurance....Pages 363-364
Quality Specification, Testing and Certification of Bespoken, Open Source and Commercial Off-The-Shelf Systems....Pages 365-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Introduction to Workshops at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems — OSS 2007....Pages 369-369
1st International Workshop on Trust in Open Source Software (TOSS)....Pages 371-373
Open Source Software and Product Lines 2007....Pages 375-376
Toward a New Industrial Organization? OSS in Economic and Managerial Perspective....Pages 377-379
2nd International Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2007)....Pages 381-383
FOSLET 07 — Workshop on Free and Open Source Learning Environments and Tools....Pages 385-387
Back Matter....Pages 389-392

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Open source software has emerged as a major field of scientific inquiry across a number of disciplines. When the concept of open source began to gain mindshare in the global business community, decision makers faced a challenge: to convert hype and potential into sustainable profit and viable business models. This volume addresses this challenge through presenting some of the newest, extensively peer-reviewed research in the area.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
FOCSE: An OWA-based Evaluation Framework for OS Adoption in Critical Environments....Pages 3-16
Open Source Collaboration for Fostering Off-The-Shelf Components Selection....Pages 17-30
From the Cathedral to the Bazaar: An Empirical Study of the Lifecycle of Volunteer Community Projects....Pages 31-44
Project Entity Matching across FLOSS Repositories....Pages 45-57
Can Knowledge Management be Open Source?....Pages 59-70
Emergent Decision-Making Practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software (Floss) Development Teams....Pages 71-84
Experiences on Product Development with Open Source Software....Pages 85-96
Exploring the Effects of Coordination and Communication Tools on the Efficiency of Open Source Projects using Data Envelopment Analysis....Pages 97-108
Innovation in Open Source Software Development: A Tale of Two Features....Pages 109-120
Corporate Involvement of Libre Software: Study of Presence in Debian Code over Time....Pages 121-132
Sprint-driven development: working, learning and the process of enculturation in the PyPy community....Pages 133-146
Using Repository of Repositories (RoRs) to Study the Growth of F/OSS Projects: A Meta-Analysis Research Approach....Pages 147-160
Community Structure, Individual Participation and the Social Construction of Merit....Pages 161-172
OpenBQR: a framework for the assessment of OSS....Pages 173-186
Network Analysis of the SourceForge.net Community....Pages 187-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Influence in the Linux Kernel Community....Pages 203-208
EDOS Distribution System: a P2P architecture for open-source content dissemination....Pages 209-215
Reusing an open source application — practical experiences with a mobile CRM pilot....Pages 217-222
The role of trust in OSS communities — Case Linux Kernel community....Pages 223-228
Authenticating from multiple authentication sources in a collaborative platform....Pages 229-234
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Learning and the imperative of production in Free/Open Source development....Pages 235-240
Open source technologies for visually impaired people....Pages 241-246
Different Bug Fixing Regimes? A Preliminary Case for Superbugs....Pages 247-252
Free/Open Services: Conceptualization, Classification, and Commercialization....Pages 253-258
Surveying Industrial Roles in Open Source Software Development....Pages 259-264
Guiding the Discovery of Open Source Software Processes with a Reference Model....Pages 265-270
Effect of Coupling on Defect Proneness in Evolutionary Open-Source Software Development....Pages 271-276
The Use of Open Source Software in Enterprise Distributed Computing Environments....Pages 277-282
Shared Assumption Concerning Technical Determination in Apache Web Server Developer Community....Pages 283-288
Learning Through Practical Involvement in the OSS Ecosystem: Experiences from a Masters Assignment....Pages 289-294
Release Management in Free Software Projects: Practices and Problems....Pages 295-300
Context-Dependent Evaluation Methodology for Open Source Software....Pages 301-306
Benefits and Drawbacks of Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of Secondary Software Firms....Pages 307-312
Introducing Usability Practices to OSS: The Insiders’ Experience....Pages 313-318
Perceptions on F/OSS Adoption....Pages 319-324
Open Source Software and Open Data Standards as a form of Technology Adoption: a Case Study....Pages 325-330
Free/Open Source Software Adoption, Public Policies and Development Indicators: An International Comparison....Pages 331-336
Levels of Formality in FOSS Communities....Pages 337-342
Stakeholder value, usage, needs and obligations from differnet types of F/LOSS licenses....Pages 343-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Introduction to Panel Discussions at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems — OSS 2007....Pages 351-352
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Legal issues for free and open source software in government....Pages 353-354
Data and analyses sharing to support research on free/libre open source software....Pages 355-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Introduction to OSS 2007 Tutorial Program....Pages 359-360
How to Gather FLOSS Metrics....Pages 361-362
EDOS-Tools Tutorial: EDOS Tools for Linux Distributions Dependencies Management and Quality Assurance....Pages 363-364
Quality Specification, Testing and Certification of Bespoken, Open Source and Commercial Off-The-Shelf Systems....Pages 365-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Introduction to Workshops at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems — OSS 2007....Pages 369-369
1st International Workshop on Trust in Open Source Software (TOSS)....Pages 371-373
Open Source Software and Product Lines 2007....Pages 375-376
Toward a New Industrial Organization? OSS in Economic and Managerial Perspective....Pages 377-379
2nd International Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2007)....Pages 381-383
FOSLET 07 — Workshop on Free and Open Source Learning Environments and Tools....Pages 385-387
Back Matter....Pages 389-392
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