OSS Adoption in the Legal Services Community

2011 ◽  
pp. 340-347
Author(s):  
Roy Agostinelli
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collaborative Tools ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Specific Factors

This chapter provides an anecdotal case study of the adoption of open source software by governmentfunded nonprofit organizations in the legal services community. It focuses on the Open Source Template, a Web site system that provides information to the public on civil legal matters, and collaborative tools for legal aid providers and pro bono attorneys. The successful aspects of the adoption within this community are traced to the funders’ emphasis on developing re-usable, non-proprietary technology tools, the strong communitarian ethic which nonprofits share with the open source community, and the presence of an active support network to broadly leverage intellectual capital. It is hoped that this chapter will assist those considering the adoption of open source software by identifying the specific factors that have contributed to the success within the legal services arena and the real-world benefits and challenges experienced by the members of that community.

APPROPRIATION AND APPROPRIABILITY IN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

2005 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 259-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINUS DAHLANDER
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
First Mover ◽  
Do So

Firms in open source software (OSS) are active in a field encompassing all the characteristics of a public good, given the non-excludability and non-rivalry nature of OSS. The fact that many important inputs to the innovative process are public should not be taken to mean that innovators are prevented from capturing private returns. The objective of this paper is to explore how firms appropriate returns from innovations that are created outside the boundaries of firms and in the public domain, using the case of OSS. To do so, the paper draws upon an explorative multiple case study of five small firms that attempt to appropriate returns from OSS, with rich empirical evidence from various data sources. The cases illustrate how firms try a variety of approaches to appropriate adequate returns, and suggest that selling services is the dominant trend. Firms also balance the relative inefficiency of traditional means of intellectual property rights such as patents by putting greater emphasis on first-mover advantages and creating network externalities.

Reusability of open source software across domains: A case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 211-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria-Eleni Paschali ◽  
Apostolos Ampatzoglou ◽  
Stamatia Bibi ◽  
Alexander Chatzigeorgiou ◽  
Ioannis Stamelos
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software

scholarly journals SENTIMENT ANALYSIS OF FREE/OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A CASE STUDY

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios-Ilias Rousinopoulos ◽  
Gregorio Robles ◽  
Jesús M. González-Barahona
Keyword(s):  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Free Open Source Software ◽  
Free Open Source

O desenvolvimento de software é uma atividade intensive em esforço humano. Assim, a forma como os desenvolvedores encaram suas tarefas é de suam importância. Em um ambiente como o usual em projetos de FOSS (free/open source software) em que profissionais (desenvolvedores pagos) compartilham os esforços de desenvolvimento com voluntários, a moral da comunidade de desenvolvedores e usuários é fundamental. Neste artigo, apresentamos uma análise preliminary utilizando técnicas de análise de sentimentos realizada em um projeto de FOSS. Para isso, executamos a mineração da lista de endereços eletrônicos de um projeto e aplicamos as técnicas propostas aos participantes mais relevantes. Embora a aplicação seja limitada, no momento atual, experamos que essa experiência possa ser benéfica no future para determiner situações que possam afetar os desenvolvedores ou o projeto, tais como baixa produtividade, abandono do projeto ou bifurcação do projeto, entre outras.

scholarly journals XML (almost) all the way

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
It Support ◽  
Source Journal ◽  
Almost All

In 2006 my university academic IT support group was approached by an academic colleague wanting to start a new journal, which would be available in electronic form only. There were restrictions imposed by the technical capabilities of the pool of authors, the requirements of the discipline, and — unsurprisingly — the lack of financial resources. The decision was made to implement a system using only open source software, and building largely from scratch, as the existing open source journal publishing systems at the time, although comprehensive and well-established, were seen as far too large and complex for the task. This paper is a case study describing the process and explaining the background to the decisions made. It attempts to draw some conclusions about the technical viability of creating a small-scale publishing system which attempted to retain XML throughout the workflow, and about the human factors which influenced the decisions.

scholarly journals Securing the wireless emergency alerts system

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Jihoon Lee ◽  
Gyuhong Lee ◽  
Jinsung Lee ◽  
Youngbin Im ◽  
Max Hollingsworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Defined Radio ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Software Libraries ◽  
Amber Alerts ◽  
Almost All ◽  
To Receive

Modern cell phones are required to receive and display alerts via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) program, under the mandate of the Warning, Alert, and Response Act of 2006. These alerts include AMBER alerts, severe weather alerts, and (unblockable) Presidential Alerts, intended to inform the public of imminent threats. Recently, a test Presidential Alert was sent to all capable phones in the U.S., prompting concerns about how the underlying WEA protocol could be misused or attacked. In this paper, we investigate the details of this system and develop and demonstrate the first practical spoofing attack on Presidential Alerts, using commercially available hardware and modified open source software. Our attack can be performed using a commercially available software-defined radio, and our modifications to the open source software libraries. We find that with only four malicious portable base stations of a single Watt of transmit power each, almost all of a 50,000-seat stadium can be attacked with a 90% success rate. The real impact of such an attack would, of course, depend on the density of cellphones in range; fake alerts in crowded cities or stadiums could potentially result in cascades of panic. Fixing this problem will require a large collaborative effort between carriers, government stakeholders, and cellphone manufacturers. To seed this effort, we also propose three mitigation solutions to address this threat.

Boundary Critique and Stakeholder Collaboration in Open Source Software Migration

2012 ◽  
pp. 194-208
Author(s):  
Osden Jokonya ◽  
Stan Hardman
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
South African ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
South African Government ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
African Government ◽  
Stakeholder Collaboration ◽  
Boundary Critique ◽  
Software Migration

This paper investigates the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during an open source software migration using a case study. The case study is based on the Presidential National Commission, a South African government department that migrated from proprietary software to open source software in 2007. The organization was one of the few that migrated to open source software as part of a South African government initiative. The case study consisted of semi-structured interviews with the participants involved in the migration. The interviews centered on the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during the software migration using a boundary critique. The results suggest that stakeholder collaboration can contribute to open source software migration. From a managerial perspective, business leaders must understand the value of stakeholder collaboration in open source software migration. Boundary critique can be an important tool for achieving broader collaboration of stakeholders.

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