Open source software research activities in AIST towards secure open systems

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ohmaki
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Research Activities

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Open Systems Developments

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Cowling ◽  
Christopher V. Morgan ◽  
Robert Cloutier
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Development Approach

The systems engineering discipline has made great strides in developing a manageable approach to system development. This is predicated on thoroughly articulating the stakeholder requirements. However, in some engineering environments, requirements are changing faster than they can be captured and realized, making this ‘traditional' form of systems engineering less tenable. An iterative system refinement approach, characterized by open systems developments, may be a more appropriate and timely response for fast-changing needs. The open systems development approach has been utilized in a number of domains including open source software, Wikipedia®, and open innovation in manufacturing. However, open systems development appears difficult to recreate successfully, and while domain tradecraft advice is often available, no engineering management methodology has emerged to improve the likelihood of success. The authors discuss the essential features of openness in these three domains and use them to propose a conceptual framework for the further exploration of the effect of governance in determining success in such open endeavors. It is the authors' hope that further research to apply this conceptual framework to open source software projects may reveal some rudimentary elements of a management methodology for environments where requirements are highly uncertain, volatile, or ‘traditional' systems engineering is otherwise sub-optimal.

scholarly journals ACADEMIC TRACK OF FOSS4G 2019 BUCHAREST – THE ASYMPTOTIC CONNECTION BETWEEN SOFTWARE AND DATA: PREFACE

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W14 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
A. F. Marin ◽  
M. A. Brovelli
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
Local Chapter ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The University

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the flagship event of OSGeo. Each FOSS4G has its special aura, kindly designed by each Local Organising Committe, sharing the local culture and spirit with the greater community. In 2019, geo-spatial.org, the OSGeo Local Chapter of Romania, won the honour of organising the geospatial event of the year. FOSS4G 2019 was held in Bucharest (Romania), in three of the most important buildings of this city: National Theatre of Bucharest, InterContinental Hotel and Faculty of Geography from the University of Bucharest.</p><p>Following the established tradition of FOSS4G conferences, at the 2019 edition, an Academic Track ran in parallel with the General Track. The main purpose of this track was to bring together researchers, teachers, developers, users and practitioners carrying out research activities in geospatial domains, with an emphasis on the open source solutions. All types of topics such as results achieved, case studies, work in progress, academic endeavours to conceptualize, assess or teach open source geospatial software and data, were welcomed. The Academic Committee discouraged prevalent presentations of technologies or use cases without properly justifying originality to the scientific state of the art, emphasizing on particular novelty.</p><p>At this edition, 53 papers were submitted to the Academic Track. These were blind reviewed by 3 reviewers. Finally 38 scientific papers were selected for publication in this volume of the ISPRS Archives. The editors would like to thank all the authors, the members from the Scientific Committee and the Organizing Committee for their valuable contributions. We hope you enjoy reading the proceedings.</p>

scholarly journals De-Commodifying Software? Open Source Software Between Business Strategy and Social Movement

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-65
Author(s):  
Ursula Holtgrave ◽  
Raymund Werle
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Movement Type ◽  
Hacker Culture

Focusing on open source software the origin, development and organisation of a process of de-commodification is examined in an industry that usually relies on strong provisions to protect intellectual property. Open source denotes a cooperative and voluntary mode of software development cross-cutting organisational boundaries and transcending relations of market exchange. Starting with the Open Systems Movement in the late 1970s, which was driven by business strategic and industrial policy interests and complemented by a spirit of mutual support in professional communities, a social movement type of collective action has emerged which develops knowledge as a public good. Competent communities share the norms of the hacker culture and cooperate in informal relations challenging the boundaries between private and public goods. But the open source idea has also been transformed into a business strategy by companies who provide basic software products for free and make money with complementary products and services.

scholarly journals Open Principles in New Business Models for Information Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Müller ◽  
Wolfgang Vorraber ◽  
Wolfgang Slany
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
New Business ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
Potential Representation

Open source software and open innovation are an important resource for today’s industries. Communities collaboratively create different kind of publicly available value, boosting innovation and also technology. However, whereas this value is generated and captured by various involved parties, the outcomes are, in many cases, commercialized by companies who build their business models on this openness. Thus, current business model representations used for these open systems mainly focus on the commercial side of companies, not directly regarding the value creation and distribution by the underlying communities. This results in a lack of potential representation of alternative value created by individuals and communities that are not necessarily aiming for direct monetary compensation. In this work, we show, by the example of open source projects, how communities create value and their potential to be represented by the upcoming domain of new business models. The emerging idea of new business models, based on sharing, collaboration, and the circular economy, not only considers economical viewpoints, but also social and ecological. New trends in research are intensively starting to investigate these models and how they can be brought to practice. The co-creation of value, collaboration of various actors, and following a shared vision are just some of the identified overlaps that are also essential for a potential representation of open communities. This first review unveils that new business models and open source software projects have a variety of aspects in common. We highlight the potential of open communities to be seen as new business models themselves, instead of just being a pure enabler for firms’ business models. This approach is leaving room to explore new organizational and economical aspects of open ecosystems, enhancing the understanding of co-creative communities and the definition of collaborative value.

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Open Systems Developments

2015 ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
James A. Cowling ◽  
Christopher V. Morgan ◽  
Robert Cloutier
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Development Approach

The systems engineering discipline has made great strides in developing a manageable approach to system development. This is predicated on thoroughly articulating the stakeholder requirements. However, in some engineering environments, requirements are changing faster than they can be captured and realized, making this ‘traditional' form of systems engineering less tenable. An iterative system refinement approach, characterized by open systems developments, may be a more appropriate and timely response for fast-changing needs. The open systems development approach has been utilized in a number of domains including open source software, Wikipedia®, and open innovation in manufacturing. However, open systems development appears difficult to recreate successfully, and while domain tradecraft advice is often available, no engineering management methodology has emerged to improve the likelihood of success. The authors discuss the essential features of openness in these three domains and use them to propose a conceptual framework for the further exploration of the effect of governance in determining success in such open endeavors. It is the authors' hope that further research to apply this conceptual framework to open source software projects may reveal some rudimentary elements of a management methodology for environments where requirements are highly uncertain, volatile, or ‘traditional' systems engineering is otherwise sub-optimal.

scholarly journals Software Licenses, Open Source Components, and Open Architectures

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Alspaugh ◽  
Hazeline U. Asuncion ◽  
Walt Scacchi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Open Architecture ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Software Licenses ◽  
Analysis Scheme ◽  
Open Architectures ◽  
Software Intensive

A substantial number of enterprises and independent software vendors are adopting a strategy in which software-intensive systems are developed with an open architecture (OA) that may contain open source software (OSS) components or components with open APIs. The emerging challenge is to realize the benefits of openness when components are subject to different copyright or property licenses. In this chapter, the authors identify key properties of OSS licenses, present a license analysis scheme to identify license conflicts arising from composed software elements, and apply it to provide guidance for software architectural design choices whose goal is to enable specific licensed component configurations. The scheme has been implemented in an operational environment and demonstrates a practical, automated solution to the problem of determining overall rights and obligations for alternative OAs as a technique for aligning such architectures with enterprise strategies supporting open systems.

scholarly journals R and Its Applications on the Ecological Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendra Freddy Sihaloho
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Financial Capability ◽  
Research Activities

The increase of research activities in recent years has generated a lot of data to be analysed. Research-related communities need a powerful software to perform their analyses. And, it can be a problem, particularly for those who live in developing countries, where their financial capability is low to buy the proprietary programs. R may provide the solution to this obstacle. Since it is an open source software, which can be installed on major operating systems. In addition, it is highly maintained by R Core Team, which ensures that the program and its packages work well on across platforms. The increase usage of R, especially in universities is not only a proof that the program can be relied on, but it is also a guarantee that the software will continue developing. R and its capability for ecological research activities particularly will be described on this short note

scholarly journals Software Licenses, Open Source Components, and Open Architectures

2013 ◽  
pp. 58-79
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Alspaugh ◽  
Hazeline U. Asuncion ◽  
Walt Scacchi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Open Architecture ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Software Licenses ◽  
Analysis Scheme ◽  
Open Architectures ◽  
Software Intensive

A substantial number of enterprises and independent software vendors are adopting a strategy in which software-intensive systems are developed with an open architecture (OA) that may contain open source software (OSS) components or components with open APIs. The emerging challenge is to realize the benefits of openness when components are subject to different copyright or property licenses. In this chapter, the authors identify key properties of OSS licenses, present a license analysis scheme to identify license conflicts arising from composed software elements, and apply it to provide guidance for software architectural design choices whose goal is to enable specific licensed component configurations. The scheme has been implemented in an operational environment and demonstrates a practical, automated solution to the problem of determining overall rights and obligations for alternative OAs as a technique for aligning such architectures with enterprise strategies supporting open systems.

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