Open Source Development, Communities and Quality

by Russo, Barbara; Damiani, Ernesto; Hissam, Scott; Lundell, Bjorn; Succi, Giancarlo

• ISBN13: 9780387096834
• ISBN10: 0387096833
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-17
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of IFIP Working Group 2.13 Open Source Software held in Milan, Italy on September 7-10, 2008.The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Table of Contents

WCC 2008 Congress	p. v
Contents	p. vii
Preface	p. xiii
About IFIP WG 2.13	p. xiv
Acknowledgements	p. xv
OSS 2008 Conference Organization	p. xvii
List of Contributors	p. xix
Full Papers
A Framework for Evaluating Managerial Styles in Open Source Projects	p. 1
Forging a Community - Not: Experiences on Establishing an Open Source Project	p. 15
Mapping Linux Security Targets to Existing Test Suites	p. 29
Overview on Trust in Large FLOSS Communities	p. 47
PMLite: An Open Source Solution for Process Monitoring	p. 57
Requirements Acquisition in Open Source Development: Firefox 2.0	p. 69
Analysis of Coordination between Developers and Users in the Apache Community	p. 81
Lost and Gained in Translation: Adoption of Open Source Software Development at Hewlett-Packard	p. 93
Mining for Practices in Community Collections: Finds From Simple Wikipedia	p. 105
Open To Grok. How Do Hackers' Practices Produce Hackers?	p. 121
Social Dynamics of FLOSS Team Communication across Channels	p. 131
Towards a Global Research Infrastructure for Multidisciplinary Study of Free/Open Source Software Development	p. 143
Update Propagation Practices in Highly Reusable Open Source Components	p. 159
Using Social Network Analysis Techniques to Study Collaboration between a FLOSS Community and a Company	p. 171
Empirical Analysis of the Bug Fixing Process in Open Source Projects	p. 187
The Total Growth of Open Source	p. 197
Adoption of Open Source in the Software Industry	p. 211
Migration Discourse Structures: Escaping Microsoft's Desktop Path	p. 223
The SQO-OSS Quality Model: Measurement Based Open Source Software Evaluation	p. 237
Short Papers
An Open Integrated Environment for Transparent Fuzzy Agents Design	p. 249
Archetypal Internet-Scale Source Code Searching	p. 257
Channeling Firefox Developers: Mom and Dad Aren't Happy Yet	p. 265
Continuous Integration in Open Source Software Development	p. 273
Extracting Generally Applicable Patterns from Object-Oriented Programs for the Purpose of Test Case Creation	p. 281
Social Networking Technologies for Free-Open Source e-Learning Systems	p. 289
The Networked Forge: New Environments for Libre Software Development	p. 299
To What Extent Does It Pay To Approach Open Source Software for A BigTelco Player?	p. 307
A Framework to Abstract the Design Practices of e-Learning System Projects	p. 317
Assessing Innovation in the Software Sector: Proprietary vs. FOSS Production Mode. Preliminary Evidence from the Italian Case	p. 325
Detecting Agility of Open Source Projects Through Developer Engagement	p. 333
Facilitating Social Network Studies of FLOSS using the OSSNetwork Environment	p. 343
Reflection on Knowledge Sharing in F/OSS Projects	p. 351
Usability in Company Open Source Software Context - Initial Findings from an Empirical Case Study	p. 359
Willingness to Cooperate Within the Open Source Software Domain	p. 367
Open Source Project Categorization Based on Growth Rate Analysis and Portfolio Planning Methods	p. 375
Applying Open Source Development Practices Inside a Company	p. 381
Towards The Evaluation of OSS Trustworthiness: Lessons Learned From TheObservation of Relevant OSS Projects	p. 389
Open Source Reference Systems for Biometric Verification of Identity	p. 397
eResearch Workflows for Studying Free and Open Source Software Development	p. 405
Panels
Panel: Opportunities and Risks for Open Source Software in Industry	p. 413
Posters and Demonstrations
Open Source Environments for Collaborative Experiments in e-Science	p. 415
eResearch Workflows for Studying Free and Open Source Software Development	p. 417
Facilitating Social Network Studies of FLOSS using the OSSNetwork Environment	p. 417
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