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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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The benefits of pre-requirements specification traceability [RE 2022]
Abstract: Requirements traceability is the ability to trace requirements to other software engineering artifacts. Traceability can be classified as either pre- or post-requirements specifications (RS) traceability. Pre-RS traceability is the ability to trace between requirements and their origin. However, the benefits of pre-RS traceability are often not clear. In this article, we systematically lay out…
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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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Incentivizing German Universities to Capitalize on Their Intellectual Property
In a recent position paper, SPRIN-D, an innovation agency of the German government, proposed that universities license their intellectual property (IP) to university startups in return for virtual shares. This approach is suggested as a practice to work around universities who stall startup licensing deals due to unrealistic assumptions (e.g. lump-sum upfront payment). The problem…
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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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Will open source become the default way of developing software?
Someone on the internet said that open source will become the default way of developing software. This begs the question: What is open source software development? What about other forms of development? And why would open source be the default way? Open source software development There is no one way of developing open source software.…