scholarly journals FIRM DISCOURSES AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu O'Neil ◽  
Laure Muselli ◽  
Stefano Zacchiroli ◽  
Xiaolan Cai ◽  
Frederic Pailler
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Open Source Communities

Free and open source software (a.k.a. FOSS or ‘digital infrastructure’) is now fully integrated into commercial ecosystems. IT firms invest in FOSS in order (a) to share with other firms development costs; (b) to help attract prospective employees in a competitive job market where hiring skilled IT professionals is challenging and (c) to shape the governance and technical orientation of projects: firm employees participating in leading in FOSS projects may help IT firms create digital infrastructure more suited to the firmware they develop atop this infrastructure. How does the world of FOSS volunteers connect to the world of commercial ecosystems? Are firms developing policies in relation to open source communities, requesting projects conform to certain technical or behavioral standards, for example? To what extent are these strategies successful? To answer, we present a qualitative analysis of firm discourses collected during three open source conferences. We then analyze the email discussion lists of Linux and Firefox and search for the occurrence of key firm discourse terms in order to ascertain in what way these discourses are being used by FOSS developers. Our in-depth analysis of firm discourses and exploratory analysis of project discussions around these terms show that the FOSS world encompasses a diversity of industrial outlooks. They also highlight the evolution of the role of foundations: whilst foundations used to protect projects from firm interference, some have now wholly been placed in the service of firm efforts to standardize project work, particularly around the key issue of security.

scholarly journals Modding as an Open Source Approach to Extending Computer Game Systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 177-188
Author(s):  
Walt Scacchi
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Closed Source

This paper examines what is known about the role of open source software development within the world of game mods and modding practices. Game modding has become a leading method for developing games by customizing or creating Open Source Software extensions to game software in general, and particularly to proprietary closed source software games. What, why, and how OSS and closed source software come together within an application system is the subject for this study. Observational and qualitative is used to highlight current practices and issues that can be associated with software engineering and game studies foundations with multiple examples of different game mods and modding practices are identified throughout this study.

Role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage

2018 ◽  
pp. 123-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupali Ahuja ◽  
Jigyasa Malik ◽  
Ronak Tyagi ◽  
R. Brinda
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
File Systems ◽  
Distributed File Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Storage Technologies ◽  
Big Data Storage

Today, the world is revolving around Big Data. Each organization is trying hard to explore ways for deriving value out of huge pile of data we are generating each moment. Open Source Software are widely being adopted by most academicians, researchers and industrialists to handle various Big Data needs because of their easy availability, flexibility, affordability and interoperability. As a result, several open source Big Data tools have been developed. This chapter discusses the role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage and how various organizations have benefitted from its use. It provides an overview of popular Open Source Big Data Storage technologies existing today. Distributed File Systems and NoSQL databases meant for storing Big Data have been discussed with their features, applications and comparison.

scholarly journals Modding as an Open Source Approach to Extending Computer Game Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walt Scacchi
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Application System ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Closed Source

This paper examines what is known about the role of open source software development within the world of game mods and modding practices. Game modding has become a leading method for developing games by customizing or creating Open Source Software extensions to game software in general, and particularly to proprietary closed source software games. What, why, and how OSS and closed source software come together within an application system is the subject for this study. Observational and qualitative is used to highlight current practices and issues that can be associated with software engineering and game studies foundations with multiple examples of different game mods and modding practices are identified throughout this study.

Unsettled Issues Regarding Autonomous Vehicles and Open-source Software

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Razdan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Automotive Applications ◽  
Electronic Components ◽  
Open Source Communities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mechanical Objects

As automobiles morph from stand-alone mechanical objects to highly connected, autonomous systems with increasing amounts of electronic components. To manage these complex systems, some semblance of in-car decision-making is also being built and networked to a cloud architecture. This cloud can also enable even deeper capabilities within the broader automotive ecosystem. Unsettled Issues Regarding Autonomous Vehicles and Open-source Software introduces the impact of software in advanced automotive applications, the role of open-source communities in accelerating innovation, and the important topic of safety and cybersecurity. As electronic functionality is captured in software and a bigger percentage of that software is open-source code, some critical challenges arise concerning security and validation.

scholarly journals BLENDER 3D UNTUK PENDIDIKAN ANIMASI

DeKaVe ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mochamad Faizal Rochman
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Animation Industry ◽  
Free Open Source Software ◽  
The World ◽  
Major Industry ◽  
Free Open Source

Animation has become one of the pillars of the creative industries that have been set by thegovernment. Animation is a major industry in addition to requiring a lot of human resources also requiresgreater availability of funds. The role of academia to create and educate human resources are necessaryto meet the demands of the growing animation industry. Constraints in advancing educational animatedclassic one is the issue of availability of funds. Because the animation industry is an industry that requiresthe availability of hardware and software are very expensive.This paper aims to ensure that the use of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) Blender 3D is verysuitable to be applied in the world of education as an introduction to the study of three-dimensionalanimation.

Role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage

2021 ◽  
pp. 876-904
Author(s):  
Rupali Ahuja ◽  
Jigyasa Malik ◽  
Ronak Tyagi ◽  
R. Brinda
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
File Systems ◽  
Distributed File Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Storage Technologies ◽  
Big Data Storage

Today, the world is revolving around Big Data. Each organization is trying hard to explore ways for deriving value out of huge pile of data we are generating each moment. Open Source Software are widely being adopted by most academicians, researchers and industrialists to handle various Big Data needs because of their easy availability, flexibility, affordability and interoperability. As a result, several open source Big Data tools have been developed. This chapter discusses the role of Open Source Software in Big Data Storage and how various organizations have benefitted from its use. It provides an overview of popular Open Source Big Data Storage technologies existing today. Distributed File Systems and NoSQL databases meant for storing Big Data have been discussed with their features, applications and comparison.

scholarly journals Using Open Source, Open Data, and Civic Technology to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic and Infodemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinji Kobayashi ◽  
Luis Falcón ◽  
Hamish Fraser ◽  
Jørn Braa ◽  
Pamod Amarakoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Civic Technology

Objectives: The emerging COVID-19 pandemic has caused one of the world’s worst health disasters compounded by social confusion with misinformation, the so-called “Infodemic”. In this paper, we discuss how open technology approaches - including data sharing, visualization, and tooling - can address the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic. Methods: In response to the call for participation in the 2020 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook theme issue on Medical Informatics and the Pandemic, the IMIA Open Source Working Group surveyed recent works related to the use of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) for this pandemic. Results: FLOSS health care projects including GNU Health, OpenMRS, DHIS2, and others, have responded from the early phase of this pandemic. Data related to COVID-19 have been published from health organizations all over the world. Civic Technology, and the collaborative work of FLOSS and open data groups were considered to support collective intelligence on approaches to managing the pandemic. Conclusion: FLOSS and open data have been effectively used to contribute to managing the COVID-19 pandemic, and open approaches to collaboration can improve trust in data.

Key Concepts and Definitions of Open Source Communities

2010 ◽  
pp. 753-760
Author(s):  
Ruben van Wendel de Joode ◽  
Sebastian Spaeth
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Open Source Communities ◽  
Do So

Most open source software is developed in online communities. These communities are typically referred to as “open source software communities” or “OSS communities.” In OSS communities, the source code, which is the human-readable part of software, is treated as something that is open and that should be downloadable and modifiable to anyone who wishes to do so. The availability of the source code has enabled a practice of decentralized software development in which large numbers of people contribute time and effort. Communities like Linux and Apache, for instance, have been able to connect thousands of individual programmers and professional organizations (although most project communities remain relatively small). These people and organizations are not confined to certain geographical places; on the contrary, they come from literally all continents and they interact and collaborate virtually.

The Impact of Project Initiators on Open Source Software Project Success

2021 ◽  
pp. 221-238
Author(s):  
Ling Wang ◽  
Jinxiao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Collective Behaviors ◽  
Collective Wisdom ◽  
Open Source Software Project ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Collaborative Innovation

This paper focuses on studying the role of open source software project initiator in affecting the OSS project success from the perspective of individual and collective behaviors. The authors collected the data from an emerging OSS hosting platform Gitee in China. This research indicates that the success mode for open source software projects in China relies a lot on the project initiators. Project initiators not only contribute codes to aid the project directly, but also use their social capital to facilitate the project success. But no full play has been given to social network's effect on mass production and collaborative innovation. The authors suggest collaborative innovation which could lead to coherence of global collective wisdom, reduced development costs, and expanded source of innovation should be the further direction for the OSS project in emerging platforms.

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