IEEE computer society this month does a special snapshot series on open source:
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/archive/december2010 A couple articles I thought were interesting: "Choosing an Open Source Software License in Commercial Context: A Managerial Perspective" (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/1210/theme/euromicro2010) was illuminating to me, not because the article itself was written in THRILLING PROSE!!! but because it was an academic-formatted (and cited!) discussion of *exactly* the same sort of discussion I'm used to having/hearing with hackers, except in a way more formal format with less rapid chattering while pointing at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licenses and the FSF and OSI homepages. (Notably, it doesn't really step you through *how* to pick a license - I could be a hacker, read this article, and still not know what license my project should use.) Fascinating cultural difference point here, for me. "Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World" might be of interest to folks here involved in HFOSS. (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/1210/theme/computer) It mentions OpenMRS. "A Comparative Analysis of Open Source Software Usage in Germany, Brazil, and India" is, again, not the most THRILLING PROSE!!! ever, but perhaps an example of the sort of student write-up that could be made in humanities fields, informatics classes, or whatever other disciplines would tackle a project like http://blog.melchua.com/2010/09/30/student-project-where-in-the-world-is-open-source-policy/. (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/1210/theme/cscit2009) Sadly, the most interesting (imo) article, "A Stage Model of Evolution for Open Source Software" (which "discusses the 3 generations of open source evolution through the maturity curve") requires IEEE login for full text. --Mel _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
