6 papers · 1 filter
Advancing Digital Government: Integrating Open Source Software Enablement Indicators in Maturity Indexes
Johan Linåker, Sachiko Muto
Context: Open Source Software (OSS) is a vital public good, included across most of modern software stacks, significantly impacting GDP and national tech growth, while supporting i…
A Cartography of Open Collaboration in Open Source AI: Mapping Practices, Motivations, and Governance in 14 Open Large Language Model Projects
Johan Linåker, Cailean Osborne, Jennifer Ding +1
The proliferation of open large language models (LLMs) is fostering a vibrant ecosystem in artificial intelligence (AI). However, the methods of collaboration used to develop open…
Pre-Release Experimentation in Indie Game Development: An Interview Survey
Johan Linåker, Elizabeth Bjarnason, Fabian Fagerholm
[Background] The game industry faces fierce competition and games are developed on short deadlines and tight budgets. Continuously testing and experimenting with new ideas and feat…
Soft-lockins in Public Sector Acquisitions of Open Source Software-solutions: A Case Study on a Municipal E-Service Platform
Per Persson, Johan Linåker
Background: Open Source Software (OSS) is often seen as an option to mitigate risks of lock-ins. Yet, single-vendor OSS can still result in soft lock-ins due to knowledge asymmetri…
Sustaining Maintenance Labor for Healthy Open Source Software Projects through Human Infrastructure: A Maintainer Perspective
Johan Linåker, Georg J. P. Link, Kevin Lumbard
Background: Open Source Software (OSS) fuels our global digital infrastructure but is commonly maintained by small groups of people whose time and labor represent a depletable reso…
Open Data Ecosystems -- an empirical investigation into an emerging industry collaboration concept
Per Runeson, Thomas Olsson, Johan Linåker
Software systems are increasingly depending on data, particularly with the rising use of machine learning, and developers are looking for new sources of data. Open Data Ecosystems…