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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. open source research by stonebeat.org · · Score: 2, Insightful

    isn't this same as doing master's thesis/project with a large number of group member? i dont see the difference.

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  2. Re:Let's not! by CrayzyJ · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and WHERE oh WHERE does the government get _its_ funds? This reminds me of a local commercial where a state rep was trying to get some funding for a new pork barrel, and he said "Don't worry, half the project will be funded from the US Government so it's not coming out of your pockets." Ummm....right, because the government holds bake sales every weekend?

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  3. There's worse thieft than you could imagine. by oliverthered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Company X patents something in the US that happens (in say India) but isn't patentable.
    They then get the WIPO to enforce the patent in India forcing the Indian company to pay royalties for something stolen by a US company.

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