eBRC Research Report 36

Essays on OSS Practices and Sustainability

Nina Helander & Maria Antikainen (eds.)

Open source software (OSS) not only challenges the conventional ways of developing software, but it is also a basis for new businesses and business models. Companies that use OSS in their business need a comprehensive view on how to deal with the phenomena, not just one narrow view from a specific scientific discipline. To provide answers to the multifaceted phenomena four Finnish universities in co-operation with eleven companies launched a multidisciplinary Tekes funded project titled OSSI - Managing Open Source Software as an Integrated Part of Business. The research project aims to build a management framework providing answers to companies' practical challenges regarding the utilization of open source software.

The report includes seven essays that approach the interesting question of sustainability of open source software by comprising technological, sociological, legal and business perspectives. In the essays, also the question of open source software practices is addressed. The essays are based on the work of the OSSI research group carried out during the fall 2006.

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Distribution
eBRC
Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere

Published by
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and
University of Tampere (UTA)

Printed edition ISSN 1459-0158 ISBN 952-15-1705-0 (TUT) 951-44-6833-3 (UTA)	Electronic edition ISSN 1459-0166 ISBN 952-15-1706-9 (TUT) 951-44-6834-1 (UTA)

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