Category: 1. Software Industry
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Open-Up Camp in Nuremberg February 14-16, 2014 (in German)
On Feb 14-16, 2014, the OpenUp Camp about all things open (practitioner) will take place in Nuremberg. Feb 14 is the “business day” and it will have a focus in open source user foundations, to which I’ll make a contribution: Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, FAU, berichtet über aktuelle Forschung zum Thema Open-Source-Anwenderkonsortien. Er geht hierbei…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…