Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Author: Dirk Riehle

  • Getting to win/win with a university TTO

    Getting to win/win with a university TTO

    Over on LinkedIn, Stef van Grieken complains, rightfully, about a ridiculous demand by a university technology transfer office (TTO). To agree to a licensing deal with Stef’s company, the unnamed TTO had requested a bi-directional rights grant of intellectual property (IP). That is, the university wanted to receive a license to the company’s IP in…

  • Re-relicensing to open source explained

    Re-relicensing to open source explained

    In March 2024, Redis removed the open source license of its popular in-memory database and added the SSPL-1.0 license, a non-open source license according to the Open Source Initiative, the steward of the open source definition. In April 2025, Redis reversed course and re-relicensed back to open source by adding the AGPL-3.0 license to its…

  • A taxonomy of microservice integration techniques [INFSOF Journal]

    A taxonomy of microservice integration techniques [INFSOF Journal]

    Abstract Context Microservices have become an important architectural style for building robust and scalable software systems. A system’s functionality is split into independent units, the microservices, that communicate over a network and can be deployed independently. The shift of complexity into the integration layer necessitates enhanced collaboration among stakeholders, stressing the importance of effective communication.…

  • The software bill of materials [Computer Magazine]

    The software bill of materials [Computer Magazine]

    I’m happy to report that the 34th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. As always, please consider writing an article proposal! Title The Software Bill of Materials Keywords Bill Of Materials, Open Source Software, Software Supply Chain, […] Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 58, no. 4 (April 2025),…

  • Improving country-level competitiveness through open source consortia

    Improving country-level competitiveness through open source consortia

    The German economy would be better off, and overall more competitive, if its participants collaborated on the development of open-source software they need to operate their business. They could free themselves from (some) of the dependencies (vendor lock-in) on the Silicon Valley while reducing overall costs, setting standards, etc. Such collaboration is typically industry-specific: Open-source…

  • Making your research work practical for industry use

    Making your research work practical for industry use

    Most research articles are written for other researchers, leaving “popularization” to further publications (that for the most part never happen). What if you were able to capture and present your research work in such a way that it furthers your research and speaks to practitioners as well? After all, without application in practice, there will…