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13JUN 2019
2 Research
Research Paper: Getting Started with FLOSS Governance and Compliance in Companies
Abstract: Commercial use of open source software is on the rise as more companies realize the benefits of using FLOSS components in their products. At the same time, the ungoverned use of such components can result in legal, financial, intellectual property, and other risks. To mitigate these risks, companies must govern their use of open […]
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13JUN 2019
5 Events and Talks
Impressions from Kate Stewart’s Talk on Taking Open Source Projects Through Safety Certification
On Wednesday, 12th of June, Kate Stewart, a Senior Director of Strategic Programs at the Linux Foundation, gave a well-attended talk on Taking Open Source Projects through Safety Certification. Kate spoke about the Zephyr and ELISA projects, and about the approach being used to prepare the Zephyr project for certification. Below are some photo impressions […]
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09JUN 2019
2 Research
Research Paper: Industry Best Practices for FLOSS Governance and Component Reuse
Abstract: Corporate use of open source in software products is on the rise. While this brings a number of technological and business benefits to companies, it also comes with potential legal and financial risks caused by license non-compliance and ungoverned use of open source components. Companies address these threats with free/libre and open source software […]
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07JUN 2019
5 Events and Talks
Kate Stewart (Linux Foundation) on Taking Open Source Projects Through Safety Certification
On Wednesday, 12th of June, at 15:00 Uhr, Kate Stewart of the Linux Foundation will present her talk Taking Open Source Projects through Safety Certification. The talk will take place at FAU’s Technical Faculty campus (Erlangen Süd) in Martensstraße 5/7 room 0.68. The Zephyr Project, a small open source real-time operating system for embedded devices, […]
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16MAY 2019
4 Theses
Final Thesis: Conflict Resolution in Collaborative Web Apps With Offline Use
Abstract: Offline usage is a great advantage for the web apps. It gives the opportunity to interact with the app without the need of constantly having the network connection. After network recovery the app synchronizes the collected offline data with the backend data. However, when the synchronized data is shared with other users, it may lead […]
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16MAY 2019
4 Theses
Final Thesis: Predictors of Successful Open Source Projects
Abstract: The number of open source software projects has continued to grow for many years now, with a portion of them being very successful and broadly adopted. For companies and individuals involved in an open source project, it is advantageous to estimate its success and longevity. There are some high-level models of success to be found […]
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