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Researching The Open Source Way

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the charting-the-methods dept.

A reader writes: "Eugene Eric Kim, who also writes on the webservices channel on DevChannel.org, has posted a research report on open source communities. The two projects/communities studied were Touchgraph and Squirrelmail, examining how they work together." Looking at it, I think the research report was sponsored by The Omidyar Foundation, who are the EBay founders; and the report is also licensed under the Creative Commons license.

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  1. Re:Let's not! by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Informative

    That would be cool.

    Of course, that's kind of what I'm doing - government-funded opensource development. Wee :) Not research funds, though.

  2. You misread the lede by dowobeha · · Score: 4, Informative
    This story is primarily about doing research about open source projects - hence

    "Researching The Open Source Way" == "Conducting research that examines open source projects"

    It does not mean "Conducting research in a model based on open source development"

    Or even "Publishing your research under an open source licence"

    (although this research was published under an open source licence, that was not the point of the paper)

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  3. Re:A fascinating article by OneEyedApe · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the point is not that taxes go up, it is that the budget of the government shifts to favor education. It sounds like a delightful idea, however this may just be wishful thinking. Wait and see, I guess.

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