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Open source program offices [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 32th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. As always, please consider writing an article proposal! Title Open Source Program Offices Keywords Open source governance, open source license compliance, open source program office, OSPO Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 57, no. 12 (December…
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What is “openwashing” (in software)?
“Openwashing” is a term used by proponents of community open-source software against commercial open source companies. The goal is to shame the companies into changing their business model as well as to prevent the business model in the first place. The claim is that commercial open source companies may be providing open-source software, but are…
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What to look for in startup co-founders and early employees
I have created and participated in several software product startups during my early industry career, and I have created and participated in several as a professor. I intend to do so for many more to come. I’m talking about startups that intend to raise venture capital and become high-growth success stories. Recruiting is job #1…
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Who gets to do velocity and burndown charts in Scrum?
In Scrum, velocity charts display the story points achieved in a given sprint, and a burndown chart displays the total size of features you expect to deliver in future sprints until the end of the project release cycle, typically with the goal of reaching zero remaining features to be done. I teach Scrum at German…
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Stop maligning commercial open source, start helping it
You may have noticed how some open source enthusiasts are complaining about companies which relicensed their open source components to proprietary licenses. These companies get maligned using terms like “rug pull” and “bait and switch”, suggesting they were deliberately deceiving their users. I don’t want to speculate about the companies’ intentions, but I do want…
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The OPEN_Source-Initiative and the hyphen
Wikipedia is where linguists go when they are bored. So they long settled that it is “open source” (if used standalone) and “open-source software” (if open-source is a modifier/attribute to a noun). Now the Open Source Initiative found a linguist who argues there should be no hyphen at all. In my book, there is a…