IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

3. OSS 2007: Limerick, Ireland

Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation, IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland

Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Walt Scacchi, Alberto Sillitti

Springer, IFIP 234, ISBN: 978-0-387-72485-0



Contents

Full Papers

FOCSE: An OWA-based Evaluation Framework for OS Adoption in Critical Environments.

Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati

 3-16

Open Source Collaboration for Fostering Off-The-Shelf Components Selection.

Claudia P. Ayala, Carl-Fredrik Sørensen, Reidar Conradi, Xavier Franch, Jingyue Li

 17-30

From the Cathedral to the Bazaar: An Empirical Study of the Lifecycle of Volunteer Community Projects.

Andrea Capiluppi, Martin Michlmayr

 31-44

Project Entity Matching across FLOSS Repositories.

Megan Conklin

 45-57

Can Knowledge Management be Open Source?

Charmaine C. Pfaff, Helen Hasan

 59-70

Emergent Decision-Making Practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software (Floss) Development Teams.

Robert Heckman, Kevin Crowston, U. Yeliz Eseryel, James Howison, Eileen Allen, Qing Li

 71-84

Experiences on Product Development with Open Source Software.

Ari Jaaksi

 85-96

Exploring the Effects of Coordination and Communication Tools on the Efficiency of Open Source Projects using Data Envelopment Analysis.

Stefan Koch

 97-108

Innovation in Open Source Software Development: A Tale of Two Features.

John Noll

 109-120

Corporate Involvement of Libre Software: Study of Presence in Debian Code over Time.

Gregorio Robles, Santiago Dueñas, Jesús M. González-Barahona

 121-132

Sprint-driven development: working, learning and the process of enculturation in the PyPy community.

Anders Sigfridsson, Gabriela Avram, Anne Sheehan, Daniel K. Sullivan

 133-146

Using Repository of Repositories (RoRs) to Study the Growth of F/OSS Projects: A Meta-Analysis Research Approach.

Sulayman K. Sowe, Lefteris Angelis, Ioannis Stamelos, Yannis Manolopoulos

 147-160

Community Structure, Individual Participation and the Social Construction of Merit.

Matthias Studer

 161-172

OpenBQR: a framework for the assessment of OSS.

Davide Taibi, Luigi Lavazza, Sandro Morasca

 173-186

Network Analysis of the SourceForge.net Community.

Yongqin Gao, Gregory R. Madey

 187-200

Short Papers

Influence in the Linux Kernel Community.

Timo Aaltonen, Jyke Jokinen

 203-208

EDOS Distribution System: a P2P architecture for open-source content dissemination.

Serge Abiteboul, Itay Dar, Radu Pop, Gabriel Vasile, Dan Vodislav

 209-215

Reusing an open source application - practical experiences with a mobile CRM pilot.

Jyrki Akkanen, Hunor Demeter, Tamás Eppel, Zoltán Ivánfi, Jukka K. Nurminen, Petri Stenman

 217-222

The role of trust in OSS communities - Case Linux Kernel community.

Maria Antikainen, Timo Aaltonen, Jaani Väisänen

 223-228

Authenticating from multiple authentication sources in a collaborative platform.

Quang Vu Dang, Olivier Berger, Christian Bac, Benoît Hamet

 229-234

Learning and the imperative of production in Free/Open Source development.

Evangelia Berdou

 235-240

Open source technologies for visually impaired people.

Patrizia Boccacci, Veronica Carrega, Gabriella Dodero

 241-246

Different Bug Fixing Regimes? A Preliminary Case for Superbugs.

Jean-Michel Dalle, Matthijs den Besten

 247-252

Free/Open Services: Conceptualization, Classification, and Commercialization.

G. R. Gangadharan, Vincenzo D'Andrea, Michael Weiss

 253-258

Surveying Industrial Roles in Open Source Software Development.

Øyvind Hauge, Carl-Fredrik Sørensen, Andreas Røsdal

 259-264

Guiding the Discovery of Open Source Software Processes with a Reference Model.

Chris Jensen, Walt Scacchi

 265-270

Effect of Coupling on Defect Proneness in Evolutionary Open-Source Software Development.

Akif Günes Koru, Dongsong Zhang, Hongfang Liu

 271-276

The Use of Open Source Software in Enterprise Distributed Computing Environments.

Jacob Krivoruchko

 277-282

Shared Assumption Concerning Technical Determination in Apache Web Server Developer Community.

Juho Lindman

 283-288

Learning Through Practical Involvement in the OSS Ecosystem: Experiences from a Masters Assignment.

Björn Lundell, Anna Persson, Brian Lings

 289-294

Release Management in Free Software Projects: Practices and Problems.

Martin Michlmayr, Francis Hunt, David Probert

 295-300

Context-Dependent Evaluation Methodology for Open Source Software.

Michele Cabano, Cesare Monti, Giulio Piancastelli

 301-306

Benefits and Drawbacks of Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of Secondary Software Firms.

Lorraine Morgan, Patrick Finnegan

 307-312

Introducing Usability Practices to OSS: The Insiders' Experience.

Stanislaw Osinski, Dawid Weiss

 313-318

Perceptions on F/OSS Adoption.

Bülent Özel, Uros Jovanovic, Beyza Oba, Manon van Leeuwen

 319-324

Open Source Software and Open Data Standards as a form of Technology Adoption: a Case Study.

Bruno Rossi, Barbara Russo, Giancarlo Succi

 325-330

Free/Open Source Software Adoption, Public Policies and Development Indicators: An International Comparison.

Harald Schmidbauer, Mehmet Gençer, Vehbi Sinan Tunalioglu

 331-336

Levels of Formality in FOSS Communities.

Andrew Schofield, Grahame S. Cooper

 337-342

Stakeholder value, usage, needs and obligations from differnet types of F/LOSS licenses.

Darren Skidmore

 343-348

Panels

Introduction to Panel Discussions at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems - OSS 2007.

Sandra Slaughter

 351-352

Legal issues for free and open source software in government.

Nic Suzor, Brian Fitzgerald, Mark Perry

 353-354

Data and analyses sharing to support research on free/libre open source software.

Brian Fitzgerald, Evangelia Berdou, Kevin Crowston, Gregory R. Madey, Megan Conklin, Stefan Koch, Walt Scacchi

 355-356

Tutorials

Introduction to OSS 2007 Tutorial Program.

Ernesto Damiani

 359-360

How to Gather FLOSS Metrics.

Megan Conklin, Jesús M. González-Barahona, Gregorio Robles

 361-362

EDOS-Tools Tutorial: EDOS Tools for Linux Distributions Dependencies Management and Quality Assurance.

François Déchelle, Fabio Mancinelli

 363-364

Quality Specification, Testing and Certification of Bespoken, Open Source and Commercial Off-The-Shelf Systems.

Hans-Ludwig Hausen

 365-366

Workshops

Introduction to Workshops at the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems - OSS 2007.

Scott A. Hissam

 369

1st International Workshop on Trust in Open Source Software (TOSS).

Sandro Morasca, Alberto Sillitti

 371-373

Open Source Software and Product Lines 2007.

Frank van der Linden, Björn Lundell

 375-376

Toward a New Industrial Organization? OSS in Economic and Managerial Perspective.

Jean-Michel Dalle, Cristina Rossi, Francesco Rullani

 377-379

2nd International Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2007).

Jesús M. González-Barahona, Megan Conklin, Gregorio Robles

 381-383

FOSLET 07 - Workshop on Free and Open Source Learning Environments and Tools.

Luca Botturi, Riccardo Mazza, Stefano Tardini

 385-387