Fwd: (SEWORLD) Call for Chapters: Open Source Software Development

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> From: Stefan Koch <stefan.koch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mer nov 6, 2002  3:24:03  pm Europe/Zurich
> To: SEWORLD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: (SEWORLD) Call for Chapters: Open Source Software Development
>
>
> Call for Chapters:
> ================================
> OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
> ================================
> A book edited by Stefan Koch and published by Idea Group, Inc.
>
> Submission Deadline: December 31, 2002
>
> Introduction
> ============
>
> Open source software development has generated increasing interest in 
> the
> last years, both in academic circles and the software industry. 
> Especially
> Linux, but also several other widely adopted projects like GNU 
> project's
> utilities and libraries, the Perl and Tcl programming languages, and 
> the
> Apache Web server have sparked the interest in the resulting products 
> and
> their special form of development.
>
> Overall Objective of the Book
> =============================
>
> This book aims at publishing original academic work on Open Source
> software development. This wide area entails many facets, including the
> special development process performed by a large number of 
> geographically
> dispersed programmers, community issues like coordination and
> communication, motivations of the participants, and also economic and 
> even
> legal issues. Regarding the development process, whose adherence to
> software engineering standards and guidelines is often debated, there 
> is
> still a scarcity of quantitative accounts on Open Source projects and
> communities. Especially the effort expended by all participants would 
> be
> of high interest as a basis for comparisons to the efficiency of
> commercial development practices. Also, a mixture between more
> 'traditional' approaches and the Open Source process have been 
> proposed as
> being of very high potential, but have not yet been thoroughly 
> explored.
>
> The ways in which the 'virtual teams' of Open Source development
> communities form, interact, communicate and coordinate also seem of
> particular interest. Several tools and technologies are in use to 
> support
> these activities, and studies of their usage and efficiency in 
> different
> projects are encouraged. In addition, psychological and social issues 
> like
> motivational aspects, political behaviour and analogies with academic
> research could be explored. Other questions include the economic 
> viability
> of the Open Source movement, business models, legal issues, its
> implications for the software industry for example regarding the
> implementation of open standards, and in special application areas like
> public administration or teaching.
>
> Possible Topics
> ===============
>
> Recommended Topics include (but are not limited to):
>
> * Case studies of Open Source projects, their participants and/or their
> development process
>
> * Communication and coordination in Open Source projects: 
> Organisational
> forms and tools/technologies used
>
> * Open Source software development processes
>
> * Adoption of software engineering practices in Open Source projects
> (during all phases of the life-cycle)
>
> * Software development processes as a mixture of traditional approaches
> and Open Source (e.g. 'gated open source communities')
>
> * Motivation of participants in Open Source projects
>
> * Hosting of Open Source projects
>
> * Business models for Open Source
>
> * Evolution of both Open Source software artefacts and the Open Source
> community overall
>
> * Legal issues of Open Source software
>
> * Implications of the Open Source movement for the software industry
>
> * Implications of the special attributes of Open Source software for 
> usage
> in functional areas like public administration or teaching
>
> * Usage and adoption of Open Source software in different application
> areas and/or countries
>
> * Adoption of Open Source principles in other areas than software
> development
>
> Submission Procedure
> ====================
>
> Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 2-5 page 
> manuscript
> proposal on or before December 31, 2002, clearly explaining the mission
> and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by 
> January
> 31, 2003 about the status of their proposals, and authors of accepted
> chapter will receive chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters 
> are
> expected to be submitted by May 1, 2003.  All submitted chapters will 
> be
> reviewed by 2-3 reviewers on a double-blind basis. The book is 
> scheduled
> to be published by Idea Group, Inc., publisher of the "Idea Group
> Publishing", "Information Science Publishing" and "IRM Press" imprints 
> in
> 2004.
>
> Important Dates
> ===============
>
> Chapter proposals due:  31.12. 2002
> Proposal acceptance notification: 31.1. 2003
> Full chapters due: 1.5. 2003
>
> World Wide Web
> ==============
>
> For this book project, a website has been established which will 
> provide
> the Call for Chapters, any new announcements and additional 
> information.
>
> http://wwwai.wu-wien.ac.at/~koch/oss-book/
>
> Contact Information
> ===================
>
> Please send all inquiries and submissions to the Editor:
>
> Stefan Koch
> Department of Information Business
> University of Economics and BA
> Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria
> Tel.: (+43-1) 31336/5206
> Fax: (+43-1) 31336/739
> e-Mail: stefan.koch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://wwwai.wu-wien.ac.at/~koch/uni.html
>
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