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Open Source Governance: The Eclipse Model

Open source governance is a concept that is sometimes misunderstood or forgotten in new open source projects. Good open source governance can help maintain the long-term health of any open [...]





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What to do with Open Source Freeloaders?

On occasion, people working on open source projects will lament how a lot of organizations are using the output of the open source project but not contributing back.  For instance, [...]





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Why Open Source Communities are Natural for Industry Collaborations

Open innovation and industry collaborations are becoming more and more common as companies and industries look to modernize their R&D, optimize resources and even expand their partner ecosystems.  Andrew Aitken [...]





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Support for New Emerging Languages

In the last number of years there has been a boom in the creation of new computer languages.  Some might wonder why we need so many new languages but one [...]





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Open Source Software = Predictable Software

The stereotypical image of an open source project is a bunch of hackers working in dark rooms, scratching their itches and releasing software “when it is ready.” Of course, this [...]





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