Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

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  • High-tech and the rights to your body

    High-tech and the rights to your body

    A friend’s post alerted me to the potential overreach of copyright and commercial law when it comes to the human body. The particular post was about tattoo artists who tried to make money of sport professionals who had integrated the tattoos into their professional persona: The company who had bought the tattoo artists’ designs claims…

  • Costs of no or poor open source governance

    Costs of no or poor open source governance

    When talking with companies about the use of open source, sooner or later we end up discussing the problem of license compliance. This is perhaps the most prominent aspect of open source governance for companies getting started with using open source. It can be surprisingly difficult to coherently explain the cause and effect chains that…

  • Inner source definition, benefits, and challenges [CSUR Journal]

    Inner source definition, benefits, and challenges [CSUR Journal]

    Abstract Inner Source (IS) is the use of open source software development practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within organizations. The organization may still develop proprietary software but internally opens up its development. A steady stream of scientific literature and practitioner reports indicates the interest in this research area. However, the research…