Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Juho Lindman Name of the doctoral dissertation Not Accidental Revolutionaries: Essays on Open Source Software and Organizational Change Publisher Aalto University School of Economics Unit Department of Information and Service Economy Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 0/2011 Field of research Inf...

Industry uses Open Source Software (OSS) to a greater and greater extent. We have defined four industrial OSS roles; OSS provider, OSS integrator, OSS participant and Inner Source Software (ISS) participant. Based on these four roles we have performed a survey in the ITEA COSI project. We provide initial answers to what motivates companies to undertake these roles, what are the advantages and c...

Open Source Software (OSS) development needs to be considered during software development as to whether to develop an OSS packages, and/or whether to develop with OSS. In this paper we briefly summarize the various characteristics that can be used to describe an OSS project and then explore the possible relationships between OSS products/projects and dependability.

Open source software (OSS) development is a community­oriented, network­ centric approach to building complex software systems. OSS projects are typically organized as edge organizations lacking an explicit management regime to control and coordinate decentralized project work. However, a growing number of OSS projects are developing, delivering, a...

Open source software (OSS) has changed the landscape and economics of software industry. Large software firms are changing their business models to incorporate OSS for long term success. As a result of greater organizational involvement in OSS, there is an increased prevalence of reward options for OSS developers. However, introducing compensation/rewards to these ideologically motivated commun...

Researchers have historically viewed Open Source Software (OSS) as a homogenous group of technologies and assumed adoption behaviors are uniform among OSS types. Focus on specific OSS types is rare and OSS libraries, in particular, have been underrepresented. This paper recognizes the unique characteristics of OSS libraries and notes that their adoption may receive less organizational scrutiny ...

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...

The development and implementation of open source software (OSS) is one of the most current topics within the academic, business and political environments. Traditionally, research in OSS has focused on identifying individual personal motives for participating in the development of an OSS project, analyzing specific OSS solutions, or the OSS movement, itself. Nevertheless, user acceptance towar...

As open-source software (OSS) is widely used, many IT organizations adopt OSS without obeying some guidelines for open-source license agreements. To reduce risks related to open-source licenses, the organizations should meet the requirements for OSS licenses. Because some OSS components may be given from major upstream suppliers in binary form, it is very hard to verify whether a binary program...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: OSS user support Structural embeddedness Junctional embeddedness In-degree centralization Betweenness centralization OSS popularity The open source model of software development has become an attractive alternative to the traditional proprietary approach. However, the incomplete understanding of the phenomenon has continued to prompt researchers to investigate fa...