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Using i* to Represent OSS Ecosystems for Risk Assessment

Open Source Software (OSS) is a strategic asset for organisations thanks to its short time-to-market, the opportunity for a reduced development effort and total cost of ownership, and its customization capabilities. OSS-based solutions include projects that are developed and co-evolve within the same organisation, OSS communities, companies, and regulatory bodies, forming an articulated strateg...

OSS Factory: Development Model Based at OSS Practices

In this paper we present OSS Factory (Open Source Software Factory), an ecosystem aligning software demands, undergraduate Computing students qualification and Open Software practices in a collaborating relation, dedicated to produce open software applications to cope with market demands, using students coding potential. A contest among students attending software engineering courses (or volunt...

NESSI OSS Workshop

Vertragliche Haftung für OSS

Der Verfasser legt den juristischen Streit um die vertragstypologische Einordnung des Downloads von OSS dar und schließt sich der Meinung an, die die Regeln der Schenkung analog anwendet. Darauf folgt eine kurze Darstellung der einschlägigen Haftungsregelungen sowie der Möglichkeiten, diese durch Vertragsgestaltungen zu modifizieren. Dem Beitrag wird dabei als Grundkonstellation der isolierte, ...

OSS-Based Grid Computing

In this expository article we will be primarily concerned with core aspects of Grids and Grid computing using OSS with some emphasis on utility computing. It is based on a technical report entitled 'Grid-Computing Using Linux' by the present author. Grids have made great progress in the area of scientific computing and collaboration projects in the recent past. They have also moved into the dom...