Category: 1. Software Industry
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How to think about a dependency on commercial open-source software
Another day in open source land, another vendor relicensing away from an open source license to a source-available license. What was new for me this time, however, was that Apache Flink, a community open source project, had a dependency on Lightbend’s Akka, the commercial open source project that relicensed. This is surprising, because in my…
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Problems, solutions, and success factors in the openMDM user-led open source consortium [CAIS Journal]
Abstract: Open-source software (OSS) development offers organizations an alternative to purchasing proprietary software or commissioning custom software. In one form of OSS development, organizations develop the software they need in collaboration with other organizations. If the software is used by the organizations to operate their business, such collaborations can lead to what we call “user-led…
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The Four Opens: Open Source Beyond the Code (Ildikó Vancsa, IEEE Computer Column)
I’m happy to report that the 21th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Four Opens: Open Source Beyond the Code Keywords — Authors Ildikó Vancsa, Open Infrastructure Foundation Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 6 (June 2022), pp 81-84 Abstract: This article describes a set of guiding principles…
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Call for article proposals for Open Source Expanded column in IEEE Computer Magazine
Readers of this blog may have noticed that I manage a regular (bi-monthly) column on open source for the IEEE Computer magazine (about 60K print subscribers and many more online readers). Article topics are broadly about open source. I’m calling for proposals for new articles in the series. You can read past articles on this…
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Software development metrics with a purpose (Gonzalez-Barahona et al., IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 20th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Software Development Metrics With a Purpose Keywords — Authors Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Daniel Izquierdo-Cortázar, Gregorio Robles Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 4 (April 2022), pp 66-73 Abstract: A new generation of toolsets that are flexible enough…
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Manufacturing independence in the age of the cloud
Intel just announced a US$ 33B investment in creating chip manufacturing plants in Europe, about half of which will go to the (otherwise rather quaint) town of Magdeburg in Germany. In almost any respect this is good news. It creates jobs in Europe and Germany. It will instigate a local ecosystem of suppliers and entrepreneurs.…