Site for Open Source Seminar by Susanne Richter
Hallo Participants,here I'd like to represent my "step-by-step" results. I hope they will also help the other participants.
The name of my topic: "Critique for the Open Source Development Model"
Topic "Critique for the Open Source Development Model"
After having discussed mostly topics that cast a positive light on the benefits and advantages of Open Source, we want look at the critiques that have been stirred up by the rise of the movement. This is necessary because some parts of the Open Source movement have reached a cult-like status where views become more and more subjective and are often mixed with political agenda.
Key Questions
- Where can we find critical opinions about Open Source?
- What critical arguments are attacking Open Source ideas?
- Who and for what purpose argues against which aspects?
- How credible are claims and how does the community deal with the attacks?
Literatur
- Nikolai Bezroukov, 1999. OSS Development as a special type of academic research (a critique of vulgar Raymondism). In First Monday, Vol. 4, No. 10, October 1999. (Online)
- Albert Enders, 2000. "Open Source" und die Zukunft der Software - Zur Diskussion Gestellt. In Informatik Spektrum. (PDF)
Contact
E-Mail: richters@inf.fu-berlin.de Telefon: 030 - 243 55 65 1Results of my literature search
- Robert's topic: "Tools"
- Understanding the Requirements for Developing Open Source Software Systems
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi/Papers/New/Understanding-OS-Requirements.pdf
- Sourceforge.net: Compile Farm
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=762&group_id=1
- Thomas' topic: "Licensing/Business Models"
- Über Management und die Maginotlinie
http://www.phone-soft.com/RaymondCathedralBazaar/catb_g.11.html
- Open Source Initiative OSI - Licensing
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
- Open-Source-Lizenzen
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index.phtml?title=Open-Source-Lizenzen
- Lizenz Center
http://www.ifross.de/ifross_html/lizenzcenter.html
- Rechtliche Fragen und Geschäftsmodelle
http://oss-broschuere.berlios.de/broschuere/broschuere-de.html
- My topic: "Critique"
- The Power of Openness - A Critique and a Proposal of the H2O-Project
http://h2oproject.law.harvard.edu/opencode/h2o/#toc
- Open Source Philosophy Archives
http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/archives/cat_the_open_source_philosophy.html
- Qualitative study critique: open source requirements development
http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/archives/000647.html
- Hidden costs of open source
http://www.vnunet.com/comment/1156763
- Die Kathedrale und der Basar
http://www.phone-soft.com/RaymondCathedralBazaar/catb_g.0.html
- Für und Wider von Open-Source-Software
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index.phtml?title=Open-Source-Software/F%FCr_und_Wider_von_Open-Source-Software
- Rechtsrisiko Open Source Software?
aus Informatik-Spektrum 27 (Seiten 55 - 60)
- Freie Software - Zwischen Privat- und Gemeineigentum
http://freie-software.bpb.de
My paper and slides
- Paper (pdf, 254kb) http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~richters/paper.pdf- Slides (ppt, 315kb) http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~richters/Vortrag.ppt