Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

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Governance practices for open source foundations in the healthcare sector [ICSOB 2024]

Abstract Open source (OS) foundations are non-profit organizations that support open-source software development projects. OS foundations can be categorized based on their membership and governance structures. This study focuses on vendor-led and user-led OS foundations operating in the healthcare sector. The study has two objectives. The first objective is to explore the similarities and differences…

2024-12-18
Why do companies create and how do they succeed with a vendor‑led open source foundation [EMSE Journal]

Abstract Vendor-led open source foundations are open source foundations led by software vendors rather than individual developers or end-user organizations. Our research investigates why vendors create or join such foundations, and how these foundations succeed. We conducted exploratory single-case study research, with the LF Edge foundation as our case. We collected qualitative data in the…

2024-12-17
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…

2024-12-12
Free and open-source software [Computer Magazine]

I’m happy to report that the 30th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. With this article, I’m turning to open source fundamentals which I’ll write about if there is no other article in the queue. Please keep submitting article proposals! Title Free and Open-Source Software Keywords Open Source, Open…

2024-08-12
A systematic literature review of pre-requirements specification traceability [RE Journal]

Abstract Requirements traceability (RT) is the ability to link requirements to other software development artifacts. In pre-requirements (pre-RS) traceability, requirements are linked to their origin, such as interviews with stakeholders, meeting protocols, or legacy systems. Compared with post-RS traceability, which links requirements to source code and other later artifacts, pre-RS traceability has seen much less…

2024-01-29
The future of the open source definition [Computer Magazine]

I’m happy to report that the 26th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Future of the Open Source Definition Keywords Open source definition Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 12 (December 2023), pp. 95-99 Abstract: Many forces pull to change the definitions of what free…

2023-11-21