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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Open Source Discovery, Adoption, and Use: An Informal Perspective
Author : Anthony I. Wasserman
Published in: Software Engineering and Formal Methods. SEFM 2021 Collocated Workshops
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
While the number of open source software projects and related businesses has grown rapidly, it remains difficult for those unfamiliar with open source to take advantage of what it has to offer. Newcomers often have a difficult time finding suitable projects to use, understanding the rules imposed by their licenses, and making contributions of their own to an open source project. Large high-tech companies have led this rapid growth and have cooperated to produce “best practices” guidelines to help others improve their internal governance of open source practices and their participation in the larger community. However, many individuals and organizations that could benefit from open source software, as well as contribute to open source projects, face barriers to doing so. This paper takes their perspective and informally presents these key issues and roadblocks, as well as addressing some of the questions that they often raise in their efforts to find, adopt, and use open source software.