Abstract: Recently, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has emerged as an alternative to Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software. Now, FOSS is perceived as a viable long-term sol...
Robert Charpentier, Mourad Debbabi, Dima Alhadidi,...
: The majority of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers are mobile and often use different identities in the projects or communities they participate in. These characteri...
Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) development is not the same an Software Engineering (SE). Why this is so is unclear and open to various interpretations. Both address the challeng...
FOSS (Free and Open Source System) is repeatedly modied and reused by other FOSS or proprietary software systems. They are released to others under specic licenses whose terms and...
The focus of this chapter is to review what is known about free and open source software development (FOSSD) work practices, development processes, project and community dynamics,...
Open Medicine (http://www.openmedicine.ca) is an electronic open access, peer-reviewed general medical journal that started publication in April 2007. The editors of Open Medicine...
Despite the growing body of research on inner workings of FOSS development, there are few studies on its relation with broader developments in society. In this study we have attemp...