Agerfalk, Par J. and Deverell, Andrea and Fitzgerald, Brian and Morgan, Lorraine (2005) Assessing the Role of Open Source Software in the European Secondary Software Sector: A Voice from Industry. In: 1st International Conference on Open Source Software, 11-15 July 2005, Genoa, Italy.

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Abstract

This paper addresses the open source software (OSS) phenomenon from an industry perspective and reveals a number of complexities surrounding the role of OSS in the secondary software sector. It presents the research results of an international workshop which was hosted with the explicit intention of extracting the voice of key industrial stakeholders. The data was gathered and analysed using a qualitative approach which revealed the key strengths and weaknesses of OSS from an industrial perspective. This formed the foundations for developing a framework describing the emerging commercial incarnation of OSS (we refer to this as Open Source Software, Inc.) The paper concludes that the European secondary software sector recognise the benefits of leveraging OSS but are aware of key issues pertinent to such an end.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	Please cite as:Agerfalk, P, Deverell, A, Fitzgerald, B and Morgan L (2005) Assessing the Role of OSS in the European Secondary Software Sector, 1st International Conference on Open Source Software, Genoa, Italy, July 2005
Keywords:	Assessment; Open Source Software; European Secondary Software Sector; OSS;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	6641
Depositing User:	Lorraine Morgan
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2015 16:33
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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