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Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact

11th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2015, Florence, Italy, May 16-17, 2015, Proceedings

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Editors:
  1. Ernesto Damiani

    1. Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Crema, Italy

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  2. Fulvio Frati

    1. Computer Science Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Crema, Italy

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  3. Dirk Riehle

    1. Department Informatik, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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  4. Anthony I. Wasserman

    1. Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Field, USA

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 451)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Open Source Software Engineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Strong Change Coupling and Defects Using History and Social Metrics in the Apache Aries Project

      • Igor Scaliante Wiese, Rodrigo Takashi Kuroda, Reginaldo Re, Gustavo Ansaldi Oliva, Marco Aurélio Gerosa
      Pages 3-12

    3. Scaling and Internationalizing an Agile FOSS Project: Lessons Learned

      • Stephan Fellhofer, Annemarie Harzl, Wolfgang Slany
      Pages 13-22

    4. How Developers Acquire FLOSS Skills

      • Ann Barcomb, Michael Grottke, Jan-Philipp Stauffert, Dirk Riehle, Sabrina Jahn
      Pages 23-32

  3. Communication and Collaboration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Implicit Coordination: A Case Study of the Rails OSS Project

      • Kelly Blincoe, Daniela Damian
      Pages 35-44

    3. The Diffusion of Pastebin Tools to Enhance Communication in FLOSS Mailing Lists

      • Megan Squire, Amber K. Smith
      Pages 45-57

    4. Examining Usability Work and Culture in OSS

      • Mikko Rajanen, Netta Iivari
      Pages 58-67

  4. Examples and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. On the Availability and Effectiveness of Open Source Software for Digital Signing of PDF Documents

      • Jonas Gamalielsson, Fredrik Jakobsson, Björn Lundell, Jonas Feist, Tomas Gustavsson, Fredric Landqvist
      Pages 71-80

    3. A Systematic Approach for Evaluating BPM Systems: Case Studies on Open Source and Proprietary Tools

      • Andrea Delgado, Daniel Calegari, Pablo Milanese, Renatta Falcon, Esteban García
      Pages 81-90

    4. Smart Route Planning Using Open Data and Participatory Sensing

      • Vivek Nallur, Amal Elgammal, Siobhán Clarke
      Pages 91-100

  5. Adoption, Use, and Impact

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. A Qualitative Study on the Adoption of Open Source Software in Information Technology Outsourcing Organizations

      • Lakshmanan Ramanathan, Sundaresan Krishnan Iyer
      Pages 103-113

    3. Surveying the Adoption of FLOSS by Public Administration Local Organizations

      • Davide Tosi, Luigi Lavazza, Sandro Morasca, Marco Chiappa
      Pages 114-123

    4. The RISCOSS Platform for Risk Management in Open Source Software Adoption

      • X. Franch, R. Kenett, F. Mancinelli, A. Susi, D. Ameller, M. C. Annosi et al.
      Pages 124-133

  6. Intellectual Property and Legal Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. First Results About Motivation and Impact of License Changes in Open Source Projects

      • Robert Viseur, Gregorio Robles
      Pages 137-145

    3. On the Variability of the BSD and MIT Licenses

      • Trevor Maryka, Daniel M. German, Germán Poo-Caamaño
      Pages 146-156
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2015, held in Florence, Italy, in May 2015. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: open source software engineering; communication and collaboration; examples and case studies; adoption, use, and impact; and intellectual property and legal issues. Also included is an OSS 2015 PhD contest paper.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Crema, Italy

    Ernesto Damiani

  • Computer Science Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Crema, Italy

    Fulvio Frati

  • Department Informatik, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Dirk Riehle

  • Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Field, USA

    Anthony I. Wasserman

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