Tag: Open Source

Abstract: Open-source software (OSS) development offers organizations an alternative to purchasing proprietary software or commissioning custom software. In one form of OSS development, organizations develop the software they need in collaboration with other organizations. If the software is used b...

Abstract: With modern applications growing in complexity, an increasing reliance on third party components can be observed across the industry. Such reuse of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) or Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) artifacts can help reduce time to market and enable faster release...

Abstract: Almost all software, open or closed, builds on open source software and therefore needs to comply with the license obligations of the open source code. Not knowing which licenses to comply with poses a legal danger to anyone using open source software. This article investigates the extent...

Abstract: Open-source software (OSS) is one of the most debated phenomena in the software industry today, both theoretically and empirically. OSS allows users to modify, copy, distribute, and improve the software for any given purpose. It is a method of sharing software through source code and open...

Abstract: Software licenses play a critical role when developing applications containing open source dependencies. To avoid legal risks, a proper management of these dependencies is necessary and with an increasing number of third-party dependencies in commercial products, license compliance become...

Abstract: In today's software development, Free / Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is becoming more and more common used. The management of complex dependencies between the open source components used is an essential part of this. Without such management, license compliance will be impossible...

Abstract: An open source license specifies all rights granted and obligations imposed to the user of the open source software. However, researcher and practitioners are faced with a large diversity of open source licenses. This can lead to a lot time and effort spent on examining the different lice...

Abstract: Social network analysis is a wide studied area and applied to various fields. One field is the code review process in software development. By reviewing parts of code and sharing knowledge the developers interact in a network structure to each other. However, the field of code review ne...