Open source systems : adoption and impact : 11th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2015, Florence, Italy, May 16-17, 2015, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2015, held in Florence, Italy, in May 2015. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: open source software engineering; communication and collaboration; examples and case studies; adoption, use, and impact; and intellectual property and legal issues. Also included is an OSS 2015 PhD contest paper. Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 An Empirical Study of the Relation Between Strong Change Coupling and Defects Using History and Social Metrics in the Apache Aries Project....Pages 3-12 Scaling and Internationalizing an Agile FOSS Project: Lessons Learned....Pages 13-22 How Developers Acquire FLOSS Skills....Pages 23-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Implicit Coordination: A Case Study of the Rails OSS Project....Pages 35-44 The Diffusion of Pastebin Tools to Enhance Communication in FLOSS Mailing Lists....Pages 45-57 Examining Usability Work and Culture in OSS....Pages 58-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 On the Availability and Effectiveness of Open Source Software for Digital Signing of PDF Documents....Pages 71-80 A Systematic Approach for Evaluating BPM Systems: Case Studies on Open Source and Proprietary Tools....Pages 81-90 Smart Route Planning Using Open Data and Participatory Sensing....Pages 91-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 A Qualitative Study on the Adoption of Open Source Software in Information Technology Outsourcing Organizations....Pages 103-113 Surveying the Adoption of FLOSS by Public Administration Local Organizations....Pages 114-123 The RISCOSS Platform for Risk Management in Open Source Software Adoption....Pages 124-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 First Results About Motivation and Impact of License Changes in Open Source Projects....Pages 137-145 On the Variability of the BSD and MIT Licenses....Pages 146-156 The Right to a Contribution: An Exploratory Survey on How Organizations Address It....Pages 157-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Open Source Software Ecosystems: Towards a Modelling Framework....Pages 171-179 Back Matter....Pages 181-181