Towards Engineering Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Ecosystems for Impact and Sustainability [electronic resource] : Communications of NII Shonan Meetings /

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TextPublisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019Edition: 1st ed. 2019Description: XI, 156 p. 37 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789811370991

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QA76.76.O62

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Contents:

Chapter 1: A Methodology for Measuring FLOSS Ecosystems -- Chapter 2: Mining data to profile communication in FLOSS communities -- Chapter 3: A Preliminary Theory for Open Source Ecosystem Micro-economics -- Chapter 4: Open Source Ecosystems and their need for a legal framework -- Chapter 5: Legal Aspects: Open Source License Compliance in Software Supply Chains -- Chapter 6: The Life and Death of Software Ecosystems -- Chapter 7: Onboarding and Retaining of Contributors in FLOSS Ecosystem -- Chapter 8: A Free and Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Initiative For a Sustainable Deployment in Oman -- Chapter 9: Crowd-based Methodology of Software Development in the Internet Era.

In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Free/libre open source software (FLOSS) ecosystems such as Linux have had a tremendous impact on computing and society and have captured the attention of businesses, researchers, and policy makers. Research on FLOSS has been ongoing for almost two decades. From an economic perspective, the most common topics involve motivation and organization. As commercial participation in FLOSS has become common, the question of how to combine FLOSS practice with commercial practice has been the subject of research, particularly with a view to understanding how to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem. This book is based on a Shonan meeting on FLOSS ecosystem sustainability held in June 2017. The meeting brought together a blend of established and young researchers who were actively studying the FLOSS phenomenon. These researchers were drawn from a variety of disciplines including software engineering, human computer interaction, information systems, computer-supported cooperativework, data mining, cognitive science, psychology, operations research, and management. Industry practitioners who were active in the FLOSS space also participated. This book presents the results of discussion on fundamental questions related to the impact and sustainability of FLOSS ecosystems, including: · How does an ecosystem form? How do different stakeholders work together to form a community that develops and maintains valuable and freely available software, and how does an ecosystem with millions of repositories and developers operate given the lack of centralized planning? · How does an ecosystem evolve in response to the environment as technology and needs evolve over time? · How do newcomers learn the protocols and practices of an ecosystem? How would they sustain the ecosystem? What is the relationship between people and ecosystem sustainability?

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Free/libre open source software (FLOSS) ecosystems such as Linux have had a tremendous impact on computing and society and have captured the attention of businesses, researchers, and policy makers. Research on FLOSS has been ongoing for almost two decades. From an economic perspective, the most common topics involve motivation and organization. As commercial participation in FLOSS has become common, the question of how to combine FLOSS practice with commercial practice has been the subject of research, particularly with a view to understanding how to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem. This book is based on a Shonan meeting on FLOSS ecosystem sustainability held in June 2017. The meeting brought together a blend of established and young researchers who were actively studying the FLOSS phenomenon. These researchers were drawn from a variety of disciplines including software engineering, human computer interaction, information systems, computer-supported cooperativework, data mining, cognitive science, psychology, operations research, and management. Industry practitioners who were active in the FLOSS space also participated. This book presents the results of discussion on fundamental questions related to the impact and sustainability of FLOSS ecosystems, including: · How does an ecosystem form? How do different stakeholders work together to form a community that develops and maintains valuable and freely available software, and how does an ecosystem with millions of repositories and developers operate given the lack of centralized planning? · How does an ecosystem evolve in response to the environment as technology and needs evolve over time? · How do newcomers learn the protocols and practices of an ecosystem? How would they sustain the ecosystem? What is the relationship between people and ecosystem sustainability?

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