Submission + - OpenOffice is now, officially, Apache OpenOffice (globenewswire.com)
rbowen writes: Apache OpenOffice has graduated from the Incubator, and now is officially a top-level project at the Apache Software Foundation.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 8 declined, 8 accepted (16 total, 50.00% accepted)
Submission + - Internet Success: A Study of Open-Source Software Commons (amazon.com)
rbowen writes: Based on a survey of SourceForge developers, this book discusses some of the factors that help Open Source communities succeed. Authors Charles Schweik and Bob English look at "social, technical, and institutional aspects of OSS" to try to answer the question of why some projects thrive while others are abandoned.
Submission + - SourceForge Allura submitted to the Apache Software Foundation Incubator (sourceforge.net)
rbowen writes: The software that powers the SourceForge developer tools has been submitted to the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. http://sourceforge.net/blog/allura-incubator/
Submission + - Harvard Library to faculty: we're going broke unless you go open access (boingboing.net)
rbowen writes: "BoingBoing reports that the Harvard Library has encouraged faculty to release their research publicly, and resign from boards of journals that don't allow open access. The article says that some journals have annual subscription rates in the tens of thousands of dollars, and the library's annual journal costs are almost $3.75M."
Submission + - What defines success in an Open Source project (slashdot.org)
rbowen writes: "Nine years ago, Slashdot asked the readers what makes an Open Source project successful. (http://ask.slashdot.org/story/03/04/21/239212/what-makes-an-open-source-project-successful). The answers were varied, of course. An academic paper summarized the results, and said (albeit with more precision) that motivations for Open Source projects are varied. (http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=ischool_other)
Has anything changed? In the era of mobile apps, social media, and Google Ad revenue, have the definitions of Open Source project success changed at all? Have your reasons changed for being involved in Open Source?"
Has anything changed? In the era of mobile apps, social media, and Google Ad revenue, have the definitions of Open Source project success changed at all? Have your reasons changed for being involved in Open Source?"
Submission + - IDLELO5 is this week in (idlelo.net)
rbowen writes: "IDLELO means "Common Grazing Ground". IDLELO is the largest Open Source conference in Africa, and this year it's in Abuja, Nigeria. IDLELO is put on by FOSSFA (http://www.fossfa.net/). Speakers include a few names you might have heard of if you're not from Africa, and lots of other names that may be unfamiliar. But these are the movers and shakers of the Open Source world in Africa. We tend to be quick to discount Africa, but while we've been ignoring them, Africa has become a big player in Open Source."
