Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1.2 Open Source (Industry)

The five stages of open source volunteering [Technical Report]

This technical report was superseded by a republication by Springer Verlag. Please cite and use the later publication. Abstract: Today’s software systems build on open source software. Thus, we need to understand how to successfully create, nurture, and mature the software development communities of these open source projects. In this report, we review and discuss…

2014-03-18
Upcoming public talks on open source

Here are three upcoming talks on open source for the next six months in 2014: I wish I was more consistent in announcing public talks…

2014-03-08
Talk slides: Paid vs. volunteer work in open source paper

Our HICSS-47 paper “paid vs. volunteer work in open source projects” paper was a best paper nominee. Please find included the slides for the talk.

2014-01-10
Open Source Day in Nuremberg

The Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA) will hold its annual Open Source Day in Nuremberg this year, on 2013-11-20. For more information, please see the flyer. I am a member of the OSBA (the former Linux Solutions Group). I am also a member of the Open Source Business Foundation (OSBF), which is headquartered in Nuremberg.…

2013-10-10
Editorial to special journal issue: The unstoppable rise of open source

(This is the editorial I wrote for the it – Information Technology, vol. 55, no. 5, journal issue, a special issue on open source that I edited.) The unstoppable rise of open source Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander University (of Erlangen-Nürnberg) Open source software is software that is available for everyone to use for free, to adapt…

2013-10-02
Special journal issue: The unstoppable rise of open source

Oldenbourg Verlag just published a special issue on open source that I edited. Titled “the unstoppable rise of open source” it provides a five-article overview of open source past, present, and future. Please read my introduction to “the unstoppable rise of open source” and any of the papers provided in the special issue—naturally, I ensured…

2013-10-02