Software Libre

Libre Software in Spanish Public Administrations

Libre software started to be used in Public Administrations in Spain during the 1990s, in some isolated but interesting experiences. During the early 2000s, and specially in some regional governments, libre software started to be considered as an integral part of IT-related policies. In 2007, it was evident that many experiences related to libre software were running in Public Administrations w...

Contributor Turnover in Libre Software Projects

Libre∗ software role in edutainment robotics market

Some of the most successful products in the market of robots for edutainment have made manufacturers realize that software for controlling the robots is one of the key elements of the success. Some of them have also conclude that libre software is the best way to produce, maintain, and distribute their software. This paper will summarize the fundamentals of the libre software model, and their b...

Coordination of Free / Libre Open Source 1 Software Development

10 11 The apparent success of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) development projects such as Linux, Apache, 12 and many others has raised the question, what lessons from FLOSS development can be transferred to main13 stream software development? In this paper, we use coordination theory to analyze coordination mechanisms 14 in FLOSS development and compare our analysis with existing liter...

Free-Libre Open Source Software as a Public Policy Choice

Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is characterised by a specific programming and development paradigm. The availability and freedom of use of source code are at the core of this paradigm, and are the prerequisites for FLOSS features. Unfortunately, the fundamental role of code is often ignored among those who decide the software purchases for Canadian public agencies. Source code availabi...