Understanding Industry Requirements for FLOSS Governance Tools

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Citation: Nikolay Harutyunyan, Andreas Bauer, Dirk Riehle (2018) Understanding Industry Requirements for FLOSS Governance Tools.
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Summary

"RQ: What are the core industry requirements for FLOSS governance tools needed to facilitate the use of FLOSS components in commercial products?"

To answer, authors interview FLOSS experts at 10 companies, and validate with marketing materials from license compliance tool vendors and projects.

High level requirements (further breakdowns in paper):

  • Tracking and Reuse of FLOSS components
  • License Compliance of FLOSS components
  • Search and Selection of FLOSS components
  • Other (eg security, governance policies, training)

Theoretical and Practical Relevance

Suggest 3 follow-on research questions:

  • RQ1: What are other detailed FLOSS governance tool requirements beyond Tracking and Reuse of FLOSS components, License Compliance of FLOSS components and Search and Selection of FLOSS components?
  • RQ2: How can FLOSS governance tool requirement theories be better evaluated or validated?
  • RQ3: How to engineer FLOSS governance tool requirements of the future addressing missing features and industry needs before companies become aware of them?