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This paper looks into the sharing of end-user software (referred to as “script”). Based on this study four implications are drawn: reduce the effort to make scripts shareable, minimize deployment burdens, less stringent protection mechanisms, and tap into communities of practice as for sharing. To attend these implications, we introduce a URL-based distribution schema for scripts combined with an IP-address-based authorization model. This makes scripts URL-addressable and easy to install, because choosing to install a script means that all of the necessary frameworks, plug-ins, etc. that are needed to make this script run are simultaneously installed. On the other hand, IP-based protection uses IP network prefixes as cypher keys. A script language is used as a proof of concept.
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Arellano, C., Díaz, O. (2013). Lightweight End-User Software Sharing. In: Dittrich, Y., Burnett, M., Mørch, A., Redmiles, D. (eds) End-User Development. IS-EUD 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7897. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38706-7_20
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