Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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![The ecosystem of openKONSEQUENZ, a user-led open source foundation [OSS 2020]](https://dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/featured/10145-seoul-buddhist-temple-monk-ringing-300x150.jpg)
The ecosystem of openKONSEQUENZ, a user-led open source foundation [OSS 2020]
Companies without expertise in software development can opt to form consortia to develop open source software to meet their needs, as an alternative to the build-or-buy decision. Such user-led foundations are little understood, due to a limited number of published examples. In particular, almost nothing is known about the ecosystems surrounding user-led foundations. Our work…
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An Analysis of Copyleft Compliance Behavior
It is the year 2020 and my Twitterverse and other professional time sinks are still full of … comments about Copyleft. So for the first time ever, I decided to venture into that pit. I see four observable behaviors when it comes to complying with copyleft. Kickin’ and screamin’ No use Dump and run Enlightened…
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![Pattern discovery and validation using scientific research methods [Technical Report]](https://dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/featured/10147-hongkong-repair-man-300x150.jpg)
Pattern discovery and validation using scientific research methods [Technical Report]
Abstract: Pattern discovery, the process of discovering previously unrecognized patterns, is usually performed as an ad-hoc process with little resulting certainty in the quality of the proposed patterns. Pattern validation, the process of validating the accuracy of proposed patterns, has rarely gone beyond the simple heuristic of “the rule of three”. This article shows how…
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Sorting out the Ethical Licensing Mess
Software developers who give the world, for free, usage rights to the code they write often use open source licenses to make this gift legally explicit. These free usage rights (and then some) are encoded in all valid open source licenses, next to the obligations one has to fulfill to receive the rights grant. Recently,…
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Managing the open source dependency (Tomas Gustavsson, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the sixth article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Managing the Open Source Dependency Keywords Computer applications, open-source software Authors Tomas Gustavsson, PrimeKey Publication Computer vol. 53, no. 2 (February 2020), pp. 83-87 Abstract: Organizations use open source software in a majority of computer…
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