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10/28/2003 11:08 PMFree/Open Source Research Community Online Papershttp://opensource.m
it.edu/online_papers.phpFree/open source software
(F/OSS) is software for which the human-readable source code is made
available to the user of the software, who can then modify the code in
order to fit the software to the user’s needs. The source code is
the set of written instructions that define a program in its original
form, and when it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it,
modify it, and redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the
software. In this manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by
traditional proprietary software.
For many years free/open
source software has been building momentum. Beginning amidst the
technical cultures that produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it
is now causing quite a stir in the commercial world as large software
corporations are finding themselves competing against commercially
available open source software.
information. This new demand for
free and open source software has piqued interest among scholars in
disciplines ranging from sociology to economics to social psychology,
and has raised questions in fields of application ranging from
innovation processes to strategic management. The online papers
archives represents the latest thinking and current happenings.
Advancing Economic Research on the Free
and Open Source Software Mode of
Production
Advancing Economic Research on the Free
and Open Source Software Mode of
Production
01/03/2005 06:25 AMAdvancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source
Software Mode of Production by Dalle, J.-M., P. A. David, Rishab A.
Ghosh, & W. E. Steinmueller
http://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/davidetal.pdf
Abstract:
Early contributions to the academic
literature on free/libre and open source software (F/LOSS) movements
have been directed primarily at identifying the motivations that
account for the sustained and often intensive involvement of many
people in this non-contractual and unremunerated productive activity.
This issue has been particularly prominent in economists'
contributions to the literature, and it reflects a view that
widespread voluntary participation in the creation of economically
valuable goods that is to be distributed without charge constitutes a
significant behavioral anomaly. Undoubtedly, the motivations of F/LOSS
developers deserve to be studied more intensively, but not because
their behaviors are unique, or historically unprecedented. In this
essay we argue that other aspects of the "open source" phenomenon are
just as intriguing, if not more so, and possibly are also more
consequential topics for economic analysis. We describe the
re-focusing and re-direction of empirical and theoretical research in
an integrated international project (based at Stanford
University/SIEPR) that aims at better understanding a set of less
widely discussed topics: the modes of organization, governance and
performance of F/LOSS development -- viewed as a collective
distributed mode of production.. We discuss of the significance of
tackling those questions in order to assess the potentialities of the
"open source way of working" as a paradigm for a broader class of
knowledge and information-goods production, and conclude with
proposals for the trajectory of future research along that line.
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to
SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point
for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the
terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification,
addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and
privileges that we associate with open source software.
Apple And The Open Source Community
Apple And The Open Source Community
07/04/2004 06:56 PMWhat's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
What's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
12/02/2003 12:27 AMSlashdot Dec 1 2003 1:09PM ET
Open Source Community Building
Open Source Community Building
03/24/2005 05:27 AMOpen Source Community Building by Matthias
Stürmerhttp://opensource.
mit.edu/papers/sturmer.pdfAbstractBuilding an active and helpful community around an open source
project is a complex task for its leaders. Therefore investigations in
this work are intended to define the optimum starting position of an
open source project and to identify recommendable promoting actions by
project leaders to enlarge community size in a healthy way. For this
paper eight interviews with committed representatives of successful
open source projects have led to over 12 hours of conversation about
community building. Analysing the statements of these experienced
community members exposed helpful activities that led to the presently
prospering communities of their projects. Summarizing the conclusions
of this qualitative research a table with conditions for successful
open source project initialisation and a subject-level promotion
matrix of community building could be created. They include
suggestions oÂn how to start a new open source project and how to
improve and increase the community of an already advanced open source
project.
Attacks puzzle open-source community
Attacks puzzle open-source community
02/13/2004 06:56 AMZDNet UK Feb 13 2004 10:52AM GMT
Red Hat building open source community
in India
Red Hat building open source community
in India
01/24/2004 12:09 AMBANGALORE, INDIA - Linux vendor Red Hat is investing in India to build
an open source community in the country, with educational institutions
likely to be a key focus, according to the company's top executive.
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
01/26/2004 10:18 AMComputer Weekly Jan 26 2004 2:08PM GMT
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
04/29/2004 11:56 AMEarlier this month we joked about how the new Avalanche CIO co-op was
really
open
source with a $30,000 gate. It appears that the group doesn't see
it as a joke. That's
exactly how they
describe themselves. The interview with one of the founders also
raises some interesting points about how the group is going to avoid a
SCO-IBM situation where some of the software that goes into the co-op
is accused of having intellectual property violations. The guy from
the co-op sort of brushes that off by saying they have a top
intellectual property law firm who will review all submissions to make
sure they're safe. Considering the number of software patents showing
up these days on all sorts of minor software processes, and the fact
that I'd put IBM's lawyers up against any top IP law firm any day and
they certainly didn't expect SCO to go on this bizarre run, I doubt
that's much real protection. If anything, this may end up opening up
the companies in the co-op to more (pointless, of course) patent
lawsuits by revealing their internal software. For instance, the
first piece of software in the co-op was an internal application from
Best Buy. Before this, no one outside of Best Buy really knew what it
did, since it was all internal. Thus, there was almost no risk of
being accused of patent infringment. However, by opening it up
(admittedly to just a few companies right now) they risk someone who
has patents on some tiny process used in their software to come back
and sue them
and any of the other companies in the co-op who
downloads it. Maybe after a few of these types of lawsuits the
companies involved in the co-op will become a bit more pro-active in
fighting against bad software patents.
Google reaches out to open-source
community
Google reaches out to open-source
community
03/19/2005 03:28 AMThe site is aimed at providing the open-source community with software
tools developed and used internally by Google, contributing code that
external developers might find useful.
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
05/31/2002 10:12 AMIBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
08/03/2004 06:10 PMNewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is providing its Cloudscape relational
database software to the
Apache Software Foundation (ASF), an open-source organization, hoping
to
spur innovation for Java applications for embedded databases.
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
08/03/2004 11:07 PMAttendees are finding plenty to appreciate at this week's LinuxWorld
show in San Francisco, including new products, desktop Linux and guys
in kilts.
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
09/13/2004 10:28 PMIBM has contributed speech technology to the Apache Software
Foundation. By releasing its source code IBM hopes to bring a quick
end to battles over competing, proprietary standards; solidifying the
industry behind VoiceXML.
Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS
Spam Plans
Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS
Spam Plans
09/17/2004 07:45 PMThe broadness of Microsoft's recently revealed e-mail authenication
patent confirms open-source concerns with the company's anti-spam
efforts using Sender ID.
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
05/26/2004 07:31 AMVia a link from
PHP Magazine
today, there is a special note off the newswire about the
MoviePartners leveraging open source technologies to launch two new
websites, one of which is the "oldest and largest" screenwriting
communities still in operation.
vnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
vnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
03/14/2005 05:29 PM"Open source and commercial applications will coexist in peace, Marten
Mickos, chief executive at MySQL, said in a keynote presentation at
LinuxWorld, adding that open source will help the IT industry to move
more quickly into new markets..."
Can the open source community beat
software patenters?
Can the open source community beat
software patenters?
08/10/2004 10:51 AMPatents and the threat they pose to open source and overall software
innovation are a hot topic, but patents may not be a useful weapons
against a community that works with, ardently supports, and defends
open source with money, time, and expertise.
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
04/17/2005 11:09 AMThe Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend; others say new
features are optional and that their use is at the discretion of
organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
Open-Source Community Eager for
Cloudscape Code
Open-Source Community Eager for
Cloudscape Code
08/05/2004 07:54 PMIBM's move to open-source its Java database "permits applications to
count on the functionality of a real database from the get-go," says a
member of the Apache Software Foundation.
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
06/05/2005 11:28 PMBEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
05/20/2004 03:46 PMNewsFactor - BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) is delivering software code
for its WebLogic framework, with
an eye to drawing more developers to the platform and speeding the
creation of more Java-based enterprise applications.
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
04/07/2005 01:23 PMSudhir Gandotra is an open source marketeer par excellence. He is best
known for Kalculate, an accounting package for the Linux desktop, but
Gandotra has been providing support for Linux desktops for almost a
decade. In this interview he talks of various open source adoption
barriers that exist in India, his experience marketing a product that
mandates the use of a non-standard operating system, and the reasons
behind his Linux desktop for India.
Virtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
Virtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
12/18/2003 01:06 PMVirtual Community Makes Open Source Encyclopedia
Succeedhttp://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ciffolilli/index.html
An open source encyclopedia seems to defy all logic.
Anyone can contribute -- and anyone can change, deface or erase the
information it contains. Yet Wikipedia is successful for several
reasons. First, it's being constructed by a purpose-built virtual
community, whose members share the same goals and passions. Another
factor is the low cost associated with IT and virtual communities. In
a way, technology has virtually eliminated transaction costs for
editing and updating information. This not only stimulates development
of the community and the project, it provides a full exploitation of
massive collaboration economies. Another secret of Wikipedia's success
is its "creative construction" of information, rather than a "creative
destruction" of it. Initially, some observers expected an endless war
among reliable contributions, as well as graffiti attacks that would
deface and delay the development of the Web site. In reality, that
hasn't happened. Every change made to every article is stored;
unapproved modifications can be undone with a single click. Thus,
hackers and graffiti artists waste more of their time and effort
trying to litter a page than administrators require to correct it.
Through this mechanism of editing and undoing meaningless changes or
graffiti, an evolutionary process is fostered. Among other results,
that means only the best contributions survive.
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
08/07/2004 08:41 AMKernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
04/17/2005 02:41 PMZiff Davis - The Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend;
others say new features are optional and that their use is at the
discretion of organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
04/22/2004 02:29 AMSun offloads four mostly useless Java
projects to the open source community
including Looking Glass and Java3D.
Sun offloads four mostly useless Java
projects to the open source community
including Looking Glass and Java3D.
06/28/2004 07:54 PMSun offloads four mostly useless Java projects to the open
source community including Looking Glass and Java3D. (See lip
service yesterday.)
Internet Research: Privacy, Ethics and
Alienation – An Open Source Approach
Internet Research: Privacy, Ethics and
Alienation – An Open Source Approach
01/03/2005 06:25 AMInternet Research: Privacy, Ethics and Alienation – An Open
Source Approach by David M. Berry
http://opensource.m
it.edu/papers/berry2.pdf
Abstract:
This paper examines some of the
ethical problems involved in undertaking Internet research and draws
on historical accounts as well as contemporary studies to offer an
analysis of the issues raised. It argues that privacy is a misleading
and confusing concept to apply to the Internet, and that the concept
of non-alienation is more resourceful in addressing the many ethical
issues surrounding Internet research. Using this as a basis, the paper
then investigates the Free/Libre and Open Source research model and
argues for the principles of ‘open source ethics’ in researching
the online world, which includes a participatory and democratic
research method.
Free software and Open Source
Free software and Open Source
04/10/2005 07:12 AMFree software and Open Source: The freedom Debate and Its
Consequences By Mathias Klanght
tp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.htmlAbstract:To most outsiders the ethics
of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient
computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of
software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the
digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free
software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software
Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter
of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the
question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference
between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software
is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their
fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to
society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing
philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software
development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the
development of the concept of freedom.
Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators
Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators
12/14/2003 06:18 PMGetting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
Getting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
What happens when the effectiveness of your favorite search
engine turns against you, when it becomes almost too effective to be
useful, giving you so much information that you're not sure where to
start?... Well, my overworked friend, you're in luck. Today, I'll be
covering the holy grail of information gathering: asking people... In
the process, I will also show you some of the better locations to
begin your searches and give you a few pointers in getting the most
out of your queries.
What is open source and what is free
software?
What is open source and what is free
software?
03/06/2004 01:59 AMWhenever I mention open source software, or the Linux operating
system, I can be sure of getting lots of "interesting" mail in my
inbox. There's a good bit of confusion about open source software
among members of the general public, journalists of the general press
and even among those of us who should know better.
Can open source software free your mind?
Can open source software free your mind?
09/13/2004 08:45 AMHow do you organize all those little notes and ideas that you have
spread out all over the place in a way that you can actually use them
and make have them make some sense? That's one of the goals of a class
of software known as mind mapping. Once the realm only of high-priced
commercial applications, there is now at least one open source option.
It's called FreeMind and it's licensed under the GPL.
A Free Open Source Virus Scanner
A Free Open Source Virus Scanner
06/02/2004 06:23 PM“ClamWin Antivirus Features include: Scanning Scheduler;
Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus Databases
on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is
out; Standalone Virus Scanner; Context Menu Integration to Microsoft
Windows Explorer; Addin to Microsoft Outlook.”
Decoding the Free/Open Source (F/OSS)
Puzzle
Decoding the Free/Open Source (F/OSS)
Puzzle
05/13/2004 05:19 AMDecoding the "Free/Open Source (F/OSS) Puzzle" - a Survey of
Theretical and Empirical Contributions by Maria Alessandra
Rossihttp://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/rossi.pdfAbstract:F/OSS software has been described by many as a puzzle. In the past
five years, it has stimulated the curiosity of scholars in a variety
of fields, including economics, law, psychology, anthropology and
computer science, so that the number of contributions on the subject
has increased exponentially. The purpose of this paper is to provide a
sufficiently comprehensive account of these contributions in order to
draw some general conclusions on the state of our understanding of the
phenomenon and identify directions for future research. The exercise
suggests that what is puzzling about F/OSS is not so much the fact
that people freely contribute to a good they make available to all,
but rather the complexity of its institutional structure and its
ability to organizationally evolve over time.
BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components
BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components
05/26/2004 07:51 PMLinuxInsider.com,CA-8 minutes ago ... and open-source controls
designed to help enable developers to tap into the Web services
capabilities of the Amazon, eBay, Federal Express, Google, PayPal and
...
Free Can Mean Big Money - The Open
Source Economy
Free Can Mean Big Money - The Open
Source Economy
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