Software Reuse in Open Source

Andrea Capiluppi; Klaas-Jan Stol; Cornelia Boldyreff

doi:10.4018/jossp.2011070102

Software Reuse in Open Source A Case Study

Open Source Software Dynamics, Processes, and Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2937-0.ch008 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 151-176

Author(s):

Andrea Capiluppi ◽

Klaas-Jan Stol ◽

Cornelia Boldyreff

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Open Source ◽

Software Reuse ◽

Black Box ◽

Application Domain ◽

Similar System ◽

Counter Example ◽

History Of ◽

Support Software

A promising way to support software reuse is based on Component-Based Software Development (CBSD). Open Source Software (OSS) products are increasingly available that can be freely used in product development. However, OSS communities still face several challenges before taking full advantage of the “reuse mechanism”: many OSS projects duplicate effort, for instance when many projects implement a similar system in the same application domain and in the same topic. One successful counter-example is the FFmpeg multimedia project; several of its components are widely and consistently reused in other OSS projects. Documented is the evolutionary history of the various libraries of components within the FFmpeg project, which presently are reused in more than 140 OSS projects. Most use them as black-box components; although a number of OSS projects keep a localized copy in their repositories, eventually modifying them as needed (white-box reuse). In both cases, the authors argue that FFmpeg is a successful project that provides an excellent exemplar of a reusable library of OSS components.

Software Reuse in Open Source A Case Study

Software Design and Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4301-7.ch090 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1900-1926

Author(s):

Andrea Capiluppi ◽

Klaas-Jan Stol ◽

Cornelia Boldyreff

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Open Source ◽

Software Reuse ◽

Black Box ◽

Application Domain ◽

Similar System ◽

Counter Example ◽

History Of ◽

Support Software

A promising way to support software reuse is based on Component-Based Software Development (CBSD). Open Source Software (OSS) products are increasingly available that can be freely used in product development. However, OSS communities still face several challenges before taking full advantage of the “reuse mechanism”: many OSS projects duplicate effort, for instance when many projects implement a similar system in the same application domain and in the same topic. One successful counter-example is the FFmpeg multimedia project; several of its components are widely and consistently reused in other OSS projects. Documented is the evolutionary history of the various libraries of components within the FFmpeg project, which presently are reused in more than 140 OSS projects. Most use them as black-box components; although a number of OSS projects keep a localized copy in their repositories, eventually modifying them as needed (white-box reuse). In both cases, the authors argue that FFmpeg is a successful project that provides an excellent exemplar of a reusable library of OSS components.

Centris: A Precise and Scalable Approach for Identifying Modified Open-Source Software Reuse

2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) ◽

10.1109/icse43902.2021.00083 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Seunghoon Woo ◽

Sunghan Park ◽

Seulbae Kim ◽

Heejo Lee ◽

Hakjoo Oh

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Software Reuse

MINING EFFORT DATA FROM THE OSS REPOSITORY OF DEVELOPER’S BUG FIX ACTIVITY

Journal of IT in Asia ◽

10.33736/jita.38.2010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 107-128

Author(s):

Syed Nadeem Ahsan ◽

Muhammad Tanvir Afzal ◽

Safdar Zaman ◽

Christian Gütel ◽

Franz Wotawa

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Tracking System ◽

Previous History ◽

Effort Estimation ◽

Estimation Model ◽

Activity Data ◽

Actual Time ◽

History Of

During the evolution of any software, efforts are made to fix bugs or to add new features in software. In software engineering, previous history of effort data is required to build an effort estimation model, which estimates the cost and complexity of any software. Therefore, the role of effort data is indispensable to build state-of-the-art effort estimation models. Most of the Open Source Software does not maintain any effort related information. Consequently there is no state-of-the-art effort estimation model for Open Source Software, whereas most of the existing effort models are for commercial software. In this paper we present an approach to build an effort estimation model for Open Source Software. For this purpose we suggest to mine effort data from the history of the developer’s bug fix activities. Our approach determines the actual time spend to fix a bug, and considers it as an estimated effort. Initially, we use the developer’s bug-fix-activity data to construct the developer’s activity log-book. The log-book is used to store the actual time elapsed to fix a bug. Subsequently, the log-book information is used to mine the bug fix effort data. Furthermore, the developer’s bug fix activity data is used to define three different measures for the developer’s contribution or expertise level. Finally, we used the bug-fix-activity data to visualize the developer’s collaborations and the involved source files. In order to perform an experiment we selected the Mozilla open source project and downloaded 93,607 bug reports from the Mozilla project bug tracking system i.e., Bugzilla. We also downloaded the available CVS-log data from the Mozilla project repository. In this study we reveal that in case of Mozilla only 4.9% developers have been involved in fixing 71.5% of the reported bugs.

Agile Development and Rapid Prototyping in a Flying Mission with Open Source Software Reuse On-Board the OPS-SAT Spacecraft

10.2514/6.2022-0648 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Georges Labrèche ◽

David Evans ◽

Dominik Marszk ◽

Tom Mladenov ◽

Vasundhara Shiradhonkar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Software Reuse ◽

Agile Development

An Open Source Primer

Internet-Based Workplace Communications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-521-4.ch013 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 278-298

Author(s):

Brian Still

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Future Trends ◽

Intended Audience ◽

Proprietary Software ◽

Introductory Overview ◽

Professional Environment ◽

Technical Communicators ◽

History Of

This chapter serves as an introductory overview of Open Source Software (OSS) and the Open Source movement. It is geared primarily for technical communicators. To provide a thorough overview, this chapter defines OSS, explains how OSS works in comparison to proprietary software, looks at the history of OSS, and examines OSS licensing types, applications in business, and overall strengths and weaknesses when compared to proprietary software. Lastly, it evaluates the practical potential of OSS as well as emerging and future trends relating to it. From this general but thorough overview the intended audience of technical communicators will gain the solid understanding needed to work successfully in an academic or professional environment where OSS continues to grow in popularity, spurring more organizations to rely on it or the Open Source ideas that have inspired and continue to drive its creation and growth.

Computer Assisted Active Learning System Development for The History of Civilization E-learning Courses by Using Free Open Source Software Platforms

Free and Open Source Software for E-Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-917-0.ch013 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 203-221

Author(s):

Dilek Karahoca ◽

Adem Karahoca ◽

Ilker Yengin ◽

Huseyin Uzunboylu

Keyword(s):

Active Learning ◽

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Learning System ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Engineering Faculty ◽

Implementation Purpose ◽

History Of ◽

E Learning

This chapter explains the developmental reasons and design to implementation cycles of the Computer Assisted Active Learning System (CALS) for History of Civilization (HOC) courses at Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University. Implementation purpose of CALS is to develop set of tools in a systematic way to enhance students’ critical thinking abilities for HOC courses. Dynamic meta-cognitive maps, movies, flash cards and quiz tools were developed. In order to reduce implementation costs of CALS, open Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) standards and platforms were utilized in the development and implementation cycles. This study also investigates the importance of the e-learning platform usage in HOC courses in Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University to improve the level of students. Results indicate that the concept based meta-cognitive tool improves learning instead of students just memorizing the class material. Also, engineering students improved their positive attitude towards who wants to learn the history of civilization by using CALS. This study shows that software helps to change human behavior in the learning cycle. This chapter highlights the implications of successful development of FOSS for the CALS.

To Emphasize Openness

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research ◽

10.4018/jagr.2012040101 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Ken Hartness

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Free Software ◽

Commercial Software ◽

History Of Computing ◽

Related Research ◽

Professional Quality ◽

Readable Form ◽

History Of

Although open source software has existed, in a sense, throughout the history of computing, it has only more recently become recognized as a valid means of producing professional-quality software. Although primarily conceived as a zero-cost alternative to commercial software, open source software also supports customization and verification as a result of the software being available to all users in human-readable form. The availability of free software supports both researchers with limited budgets and those who seek to confirm the findings of researchers or use similar methods in related research.

REACT - A Process for Improving Open-Source Software Reuse

2018 11th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC) ◽

10.1109/quatic.2018.00044 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alexander Lampropoulos ◽

Apostolos Ampatzoglou ◽

Stamatia Bibi ◽

Alexander Chatzigeorgiou ◽

Ioannis Stamelos

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Software Reuse

Haplotype threading: accurate polyploid phasing from long reads

Genome Biology ◽

10.1186/s13059-020-02158-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sven D. Schrinner ◽

Rebecca Serra Mari ◽

Jana Ebler ◽

Mikko Rautiainen ◽

Lancelot Seillier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Evolutionary History ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Regions Of Interest ◽

Breeding Strategies ◽

Polyploid Species ◽

Two Stage ◽

Long Reads ◽

History Of ◽

Genomic Regions

Abstract Resolving genomes at haplotype level is crucial for understanding the evolutionary history of polyploid species and for designing advanced breeding strategies. Polyploid phasing still presents considerable challenges, especially in regions of collapsing haplotypes.We present WhatsHap polyphase, a novel two-stage approach that addresses these challenges by (i) clustering reads and (ii) threading the haplotypes through the clusters. Our method outperforms the state-of-the-art in terms of phasing quality. Using a real tetraploid potato dataset, we demonstrate how to assemble local genomic regions of interest at the haplotype level. Our algorithm is implemented as part of the widely used open source tool WhatsHap.