<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bein, Wolfgang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jeffery, Clinton</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Towards an Openness Rating System for Open Source Software</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2010)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">case study</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">contribution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">documentation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">freespire</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">galib</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">latex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">license</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">linux</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">linux kernel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediaportal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">openness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">openoffice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">opensolaris</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rating</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">unicon</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/10-07-04.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IEEE</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Honolulu, Hawaii, USA</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1 - 8</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">978-1-4244-5509-6</style></isbn><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Many open source software projects are not very open to third party developers. The point of open source is to enable anyone to fix bugs or add desired capabilities without holding them hostage to the original developers. This principle is important because an open source project's developers may be unresponsive or unable to meet third party needs, even if funding support for requested improvements is offered.This paper presents a simple rating system for evaluating the openness of software distributions. The rating system considers factors such as platform portability, documentation, licensing, and contribution policy. Several popular open source products are rated in order to illustrate the efficacy of the rating system.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>
