Latest in Industry and Research Publications
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Open source software engineering the Eclipse way (Wayne Beaton, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 15th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Software Engineering the Eclipse Way Keywords – Authors Wayne Beaton, The Eclipse Foundation Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 6 (June 2021), pp 59-63 Abstract: This article explains how open source software development works…
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Upcoming talk on establishing open source license compliance using continuous integration
Philippe Ombredanne, lead maintainer of ScanCode, will give a talk on open source license compliance, injected into my own lecture series on commercial open source software, both organized by CROSS, the Center for Research on Open Source Software at UC Santa Cruz. Abstract Open source has changed deeply how projects and products are created; they…
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The wrong first question: Which open source license?
When thinking about creating an open source project, starting with the question which license to choose is the wrong approach. Rather, you should ask yourself: Why am I creating this open source project and what do I want to achieve with it? Once you have settled this question, you can use the following simplified cheat…