Category: 1.2 Open Source (Industry)
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Learning Across Open Collaboration Perspectives
I’m at WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 and happy to notice that some of the hoped-for magic is happening: A cross-polination of insights and ideas across the different disciplinary perspectives on open collaboration. Specifically, I found that open source has developed insights of value to open access, open data, Wikipedia, etc. that have arrived only now…
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![How commercial involvement affects open source projects: Three case studies on issue reporting [Science China Journal]](https://i0.wp.com/dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/featured/10461-hongkong-pacific-coffee-calories.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1)
How commercial involvement affects open source projects: Three case studies on issue reporting [Science China Journal]
Abstract: Most research on Internet software today has focused on inventing new technologies to keep track of a changing Internet. Little attention has been paid to the software development processes of Internet software. A large part of the software running the Internet is open source software. Open source software is developed both by volunteers and…
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![A dual model of open source license growth [OSS 2013]](https://i0.wp.com/dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/featured/10470-silicon-valley-parc-street-signage.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1)
A dual model of open source license growth [OSS 2013]
Abstract: Every open source project needs to decide on an open source license. This decision is of high economic relevance: Just which license is the best one to help the project grow and attract a community? The most common question is: Should the project choose a restrictive (reciprocal) license or a more permissive one? As…