Open Source Research Community

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>]

(Open Source Research Community website)

http://opensource.mit.edu/


>From the home page:

Welcome

In the spirit of open source, we are attempting to establish
a community in which information will be freely exchanged,
so that we may further the understanding of open source and
its implications outside the realm of software development.
We invite researchers to post their papers on open source
and free software here, and to add themselves to the
research directory, so that our community can become
steadily larger and more comprehensive. 


Contributing

Authors rooted in any discipline should consider a
submission of their OSS-related work to our database of
online papers. Authors can submit working papers, abstracts
and related links for posting on this site. We welcome
quantitative data analyses using a variety of methodological
designs (e.g. simulations, field studies, archival studies,
laboratory experiments), as well as case studies,
participant-observations, ethnographies, and other research
strategies that help shed light on OSS (and/or the related
field of free software) development. 


Networking

Add yourself to our directory of researchers who are
interested in OSS. You can have your e-mail address posted
along with your OSS-related interests. Graduate students and
others who have not yet written a paper but who have an
interest in the field are also welcome to join. Feel free to
look through the directory for other researchers in your
field of study. 


Staying Connected

Check out the latest announcements or calls for papers. 

Finally, consider joining our e-mail lists. Community for
announcements or discuss for general discussion. We will
send you an update when we have new materials and features
uploaded to our website.