Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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Call for participation: WikiSym + OpenSym 2013, the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration
WikiSym, the 9th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration OpenSym, the 2013 International Symposium on Open Collaboration August 5-7, 2013 | Hong Kong, China Registration >> Program Overview | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Industry Tutorials Conference Program The conference program is led by three renowned keynote speakers: Phil Bourne,…
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Current talks as of 2013-06-15
Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, M.B.A. Professor of Open Source Software, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg dirk@riehle.org – https://dirkriehle.com/ – @dirkriehle This is a list of general-interest talks I currently have available; feel free to contact me if you’d like me to come and address any of these topics. Please see presentations/current-talks for some vidoes. In addition,…
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Call for papers: 7th international workshop on foundations and techniques for open-source software certification (OpenCert 2013)
7th International Workshop on Foundations and Techniques for Open Source Software Certification (OpenCert 2013), Monday 23 September 2013, Madrid, Spain, http://opencert.iist.unu.edu, at the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2013), September 25-27, 2013, Madrid, Spain, http://antares.sip.ucm.es/sefm2013 Context / Objectives Over the past decade, the Open Source Software (OSS) phenomenon has had…
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On the technology behind the Wikipedia sexism debate on “American women novelists”
The English Wikipedia is currently embroiled in a debate on sexism (local copy), because of classifying female American novelists as “American Women Novelists” while leaving male American novelists in the more general category “American Novelists”, suggesting a subordinate role of female novelists. I find this debate regrettable for the apparent sexism but also interesting for…
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A dual model of open source license growth [OSS 2013]
Abstract: Every open source project needs to decide on an open source license. This decision is of high economic relevance: Just which license is the best one to help the project grow and attract a community? The most common question is: Should the project choose a restrictive (reciprocal) license or a more permissive one? As…
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A model of product features in commercial open-source software [ICSOB 2013]
Abstract: Commercial open source software has become an important part of the packaged software product industry. This paper provides a model of individual product features, rather than full-fledged business models, and their perceived value to customers. The model is the result of a three-iteration study, including interview analysis, literature review and the implementation of an…