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Governance Readiness Checklist for Open Source projects

Governance Readiness Checklist for Open Source projects

by Javier Cánovas | Jul 28, 2020 | Community

SustainOSS is an initiative created about four years ago to discuss the main challenges in sustainability for Open Source Systems. The yearly SustainOSS event is maybe the most representative activity, but the initiative also supports a podcast and other resources...
The Role of Foundations in Open Source Projects

The Role of Foundations in Open Source Projects

by Javier Cánovas | May 20, 2020 | Community, research

In the last years, a number of Open-Source Systems (OSS) have created parallel foundations, as legal instruments to better articulate the structure, collaboration, and financial model for the project. Some examples are Apache, Linux, Mozilla, Eclipse or Django...
Governance strategies in Programming Languages – Who decides what gets in the language?

Governance strategies in Programming Languages – Who decides what gets in the language?

by Javier Cánovas | Oct 10, 2019 | Community, Programming, research

General Programming Languages (GPLs), like Java, PHP, C++,… continuously evolve to adapt to the ever changing technology landscape. The evolution is rooted on technical aspects but it is ultimately decided by the group of people governing the language and...
Decidim: open source software enabling participatory democracy for citizens

Decidim: open source software enabling participatory democracy for citizens

by Javier Cánovas | Feb 15, 2018 | Community, Tool

Decidim, for the Catalan term let’s decide, is a platform for participatory democracy which enables the creation of citizen participation portals. The platform provides a set of components which configure different participatory spaces in the portals. For...
Gitana: A Software Project Inspector on top of a relational database

Gitana: A Software Project Inspector on top of a relational database

by Javier Cánovas | Dec 28, 2017 | Community, research, Tool

The development of software projects entails significant implementation and collaboration activities, typically supported by tools such as issue trackers, code review tools, and Version Control Systems. However, these tools only provide a partial view of the project...
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