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Free and open-source software [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 30th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. With this article, I’m turning to open source fundamentals which I’ll write about if there is no other article in the queue. Please keep submitting article proposals! Title Free and Open-Source Software Keywords Open Source, Open…
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A plea for an open source cloud copyleft license
Is the AGPL-3.0 (or-later) license an effective cloud copyleft license? Does it do the trick of keeping community open source free and the competition away from commercial open source? I tried getting an answer to this question from the OSI’s license-discuss mailing list. Sadly, the answer appears to be: Probably not. Why do I care?…
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The societal value of commercial open source
The heat about recent relicensing in open source land has dissipated a bit. To recap in a nutshell what had people riled up: Venture-capital-backed startups increasingly went to market by providing their software product, in particular software infrastructure components, under an open source license (dual-licensing, next to their commercial license). Eventually, payday came, and they…
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Improving velocity of code contributions in open source (Zaks et al., IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 29th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Improving velocity of code contributions in open source Keywords Open Source, Open Source Software, Community Engagement, Composers, Software Quality, Open Source Projects, Complex Projects, Design Phase, Acceptance Criteria, Collaborative Platform, Time Feedback, Real Time Communication,…
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My top three challenges for open source in Germany
Ahead of the next election and in support of the Bitkom open source working group and an upcoming policy paper, here are my top three challenges to open source in Germany. 1. Insufficient product management skills in German software companies German product managers often don’t know when a feature is competitively differentiating and when not,…
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A short history of open source business conferences
Out of curiosity about the recent resurgence of open source business conferences, here a short listing of those that I’m aware of. Feel free to add others in the comments. Name First year Founders Outcome Open Source Think Tank 1999 Andrew Aitken, Greg Olson Privately held; last event in 2013 Open Source Business Conference 2004…