Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

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Open source usability and user experience (Mikko Rajanen, IEEE Computer Column)

I’m happy to report that the 23nd article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Usability and User Experience Keywords — Authors Mikko Rajanen, University of Oulu Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 2 (February 2023), pp 106-110 Abstract: This article highlights the challenges of user-centered and usability processes…

2023-02-15
Women in open source: We need to talk about it (Trinkenreich et al., IEEE Computer Column)

I’m happy to report that the 22nd article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Women in Open Source: We Need to Talk About It Keywords — Authors Bianca Trinkenreich, Marco Aurelio Gerosa, and Igor Steinmacher (Northern Arizona University) Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 12 (December 2022), pp 145-149 Abstract:…

2022-11-30
Open source license inconsistencies on GitHub [TOSEM Journal]

Abstract: Almost all software, open or closed, builds on open source software and therefore needs to comply with the license obligations of the open source code. Not knowing which licenses to comply with poses a legal danger to anyone using open source software. This article investigates the extent of inconsistencies between licenses declared by an…

2022-11-29
Challenges of working from home in software development during COVID-19 lockdowns [TOSEM Journal]

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2022 and the resulting lockdowns forced many companies to switch to working from home, swiftly, on a large scale, and without preparation. This situation created unique challenges for software development, where individual software professionals had to shift instantly from working together at a physical venue to working remotely from home.…

2022-11-28
Open source legal debt

Open source legal debt is unwanted open-source code in your products and projects. Code may be unwanted, if it does not fit your (a company’s) business model. An example is code that has been copied from StackOverflow into your code base. That’s because code from StackOverflow has a copyleft license, which means that as you…

2022-11-22
Non-software-industry user-led open source consortia

tl;dr We observe sustained growth in what we call non-software-industry user-led open-source consortia. These are open-source consortia (non-profit organizations) created by companies from outside the software industry with the goal of developing the applications these companies need to run their business. Their behaviors are different from other open-source consortia and we can see this expressed…

2022-11-02