Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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User-led open source consortia, defined
User-led open source consortia expanded the reach of open source beyond the IT industry. Given this impact, it is important to get the definition right. This is my third attempt. I think this is it. All open source developed by a broad and diverse community is community open source, as opposed to commercial open source,…
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Using open source in commercial products (15min. video, slides; Oct 2021)
Today I gave a talk at Open Source Forum Oldenburg on the challenges of using open source in commercial products. Please find a generic video recording below. The slides are also available.
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Startup funding for researchers (8min. video, slides; Oct 2021)
I recently gave a talk at YES, the Young Enterpreneurs in Science. Here is a short video version (8 min.) that illustrates how public funding is possible and aligns with a startup (out of research) timeline. The slides are also available.
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What’s next after “source-available”?
Venture capital plays an important role in open source: It funds startups innovative commercial open source products for the benefit of all as part of the equation. For venture capital to keep flowing, the startup needs to make money eventually, at a level similar to traditional software startups. This is always achieved by withholding something…
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Open source hardware (Hannig & Teich, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 17th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Hardware Keywords Open source hardware, integrated circuits, ecosystems, hardware, open-source software Authors Frank Hannig; Jürgen Teich Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 10 (October 2021), pp. 111-115 Abstract: Hardware that can be manufactured from…
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Calculating the costs of inner source collaboration by computing the time worked [HICSS 2022]
Abstract: A key part of taxation, controlling, and management of international collaborative programming workflows is determining the costs of a supplied software artifact. The OECD suggests the use of the Cost Plus method for calculating these costs. However, in the past, this method has been implemented using only coarse-grain data from the costs of whole…