Why and how-to contribute to libre software when you integrate them into an in-house application ?

Submitted by superadmin on Mon, 2009-07-20 14:38
TitleWhy and how-to contribute to libre software when you integrate them into an in-house application ?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsBac, Christian, Berger Olivier, Deborde Véronique, and Hamet Benoit
Secondary TitleProceedings of the 1st International Conference on Open Source Systems
Pagination113–118
Date PublishedJune
Abstract

Free or open source software are common tools that everybody can use and customise at its convenience to create in-house applications. Using and customising free software is not sufficient to ensure that this in-house application will be maintainable at mid or long term. This paper draws lessons from our in-house project, the development of a groupware Web platform for researchers, to help defining a policy through which efficient contributions can be made to open source software so that the in-house projects may remain viable.

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Submitted by oberger on Thu, 2012-03-15 05:58.

Here's the full text : http://oss2005.case.unibz.it/Papers/31.pdf