Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1. Software Industry

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
Call for Papers: OpenSym 2014, the 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration

OpenSym 2014, the 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration WikiSym 2014, the 10th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration August 27-29, 2014 | Berlin, Germany Jump ahead to call for submissions for About the Conference The 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2014) is the premier conference on open collaboration research, including wikis…

2013-08-30
Paid vs. volunteer work in open source [HICSS 2014]

Abstract: Many open source projects have long become commercial. This paper shows just how much of open source software development is paid work and how much has remained volunteer work. Using a conservative approach, we find that about 50% of all open source software development has been paid work for many years now and that…

2013-08-22
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…

2013-08-07
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…

2013-08-05
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…

2013-04-13