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Open Source Systems: Long-Term Sustainability

8th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2012, Hammamet, Tunisia, September 10-13, 2012, Proceedings

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Editors:
  1. Imed Hammouda

    1. Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

  2. Björn Lundell

    1. University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

  3. Tommi Mikkonen

    1. Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

  4. Walt Scacchi

    1. Institute for Software Research, University of California, Irvine, USA

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2012, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, in September 2012. The 15 revised full papers presented together with 17 lightning talks, 2 tool demonstration papers, 6 short industry papers, 5 posters and 2 workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on collaboration and forks in OSS projects, community issues, open education and peer-production models, integration and architecture, business ecosystems, adoption and evolution of OSS, OSS quality, OSS in different domains, product development, and industrial experiences.

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Table of contents (47 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Full Papers

    1. Collaboration and Forks in OSS Projects

      1. A Comprehensive Study of Software Forks: Dates, Reasons and Outcomes
        • Gregorio Robles, Jesús M. González-Barahona
        Pages 1-14
      2. A Model of Open Source Developer Foundations
        • Dirk Riehle, Sebastian Berschneider
        Pages 15-28
      3. Long-Term Sustainability of Open Source Software Communities beyond a Fork: A Case Study of LibreOffice
        • Jonas Gamalielsson, Björn Lundell
        Pages 29-47

    2. Community Issues

      1. Step-by-Step Strategies and Case Studies for Embedded Software Companies to Adapt to the FOSS Ecosystem
        • Suhyun Kim, Jaehyun Yoo, Myunghwa Lee
        Pages 48-60
      2. Citizen Engineering: Evolving OSS Practices to Engineering Design and Analysis
        • Zhi Zhai, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Ashan Kareem, David Hachen, Greg Madey
        Pages 61-77
      3. Gender Differences in Early Free and Open Source Software Joining Process
        • Victor Kuechler, Claire Gilbertson, Carlos Jensen
        Pages 78-93

    3. Open Education and Peer-Production Models

      1. Emerging Hackerspaces – Peer-Production Generation
        • Jarkko Moilanen
        Pages 94-111
      2. Exploring the Barriers and Enablers to the Use of Open Educational Resources by University Academics in Africa
        • Tanya Percy, Jean-Paul Van Belle
        Pages 112-128

    4. Integration and Architecture

      1. OSS Integration Issues and Community Support: An Integrator Perspective
        • Claudia Ayala, Daniela S. Cruzes, Anh Duc Nguyen, Reidar Conradi, Xavier Franch, Martin Höst et al.
        Pages 129-143
      2. Designing Secure Systems Based on Open Architectures with Open Source and Closed Source Components
        • Walt Scacchi, Thomas A. Alspaugh
        Pages 144-159

    5. Business Ecosystems

      1. Using Multiple Case Studies to Analyse Open Source Software Business Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
        • Sulayman K. Sowe, Maurice McNaughton
        Pages 160-177
      2. Exploring the Role of Commercial Stakeholders in Open Source Software Evolution
        • Andrea Capiluppi, Klaas-Jan Stol, Cornelia Boldyreff
        Pages 178-200
      3. Exploring the Role of Outside Organizations in Free / Open Source Software Projects
        • Darren Forrest, Carlos Jensen, Nitin Mohan, Jennifer Davidson
        Pages 201-215

    6. Adoption and Evolution of OSS

      1. Two Evolution Indicators for FOSS Projects
        • Etiel Petrinja, Giancarlo Succi
        Pages 216-232
      2. Open Source Migration in Greek Public Sector: A Feasibility Study
        • Androklis Mavridis, Dimitrios Fotakidis, Ioannis Stamelos
        Pages 233-243
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

    Imed Hammouda, Tommi Mikkonen

  • University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

    Björn Lundell

  • Institute for Software Research, University of California, Irvine, USA

    Walt Scacchi

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