A two-dimensional classification model of OSS: Towards successful management of the evolution of OSS

Author

Yamakami, Toshihiko

Author_Institution

CTO Office, ACCESS, Chiba, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

13-16 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1336

Lastpage

1341

Abstract

Open source software (OSS) has become mainstream in software development, utilizing a global information infrastructure. The term OSS was coined in 1998 during discussion of the public release of Netscape browser software source code. Since then, OSS has continued to increase in visibility in the software industry. Corporate members are showing increasing commitment to OSS projects. OSS is a complicated social process to understand. OSS is a multi-faceted phenomenon including code, a licensing structure, a community, development best practices, a method of diffusion, and a philosophy. The author discusses multiple evolutionary paths for OSS and presents a two-dimensional classification model for OSS. The proposed model facilitates evolutionary design for OSS projects.

Keywords

pattern classification; public domain software; software engineering; 2D OSS classification model; Netscape browser software source code; OSS evolution; open source software; software development; software industry; Biological system modeling; Communities; Companies; Ecosystems; Licenses; Linux; Software; community; evolution: social process; open source software; social evolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

ISSN

1738-9445

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8830-8

Type

conf

Filename

5746052