Call for papersSpecial issue on Open Source Software and Product Lines
International Journal of Open Source Software & Processes (IJOSSP)
http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=7978 Editor-in-Chief: Stefan Koch, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria.
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)
Description of the topic Embedded industries have invested a lot in the introduction of software product lines in their software development. In addition, using open source software appears to be a profitable way to obtain good software. This is also applicable for organizations doing product line engineering. On the other hand, because of the diverse use of open source software, product line development is an attractive way of working in open source communities. In fact, the configuration mechanisms used in open source communities are applicable within software product lines as well. In addition, product line organizations are usually involved in distributed development, which works very efficiently within open source communities.
At present, there is limited interaction between the open source and product line development communities. The aim for the workshop is to explore what the two communities can learn from each other and to develop a better understanding of how the two communities can benefit from each other.
The special issue features papers on the following issues:
* Variability and reuse management practices in open source development
* Ownership, control and management of product line assets in an open source community
* Advantages and drawbacks of openness in product lines
* Mixing closed and open architectures in a product line
* Product line requirements, roadmaps and planning in open source development
* Open source asset management tools in product line development
* The meaning of domain and application engineering in an open source context
* Recognition and recovery of a product line in an open source asset base
* Licensing issues, and how product line architecture is affected by different kinds of licences
* Dealing with risks when combining open source and product lines, such as liability, warranties, patent infringements etc.
* Collaborating on product lines between companies through open source
* Innovative forms of business relationships within a product line, through open source usage
* Product line Company experiences on interacting with and stimulation of a healthy open source community
* Opportunities and obstacles in adopting open source practices in product line development
* Company experiences of opening parts of product lines
Paper submission processThe Special issue solicits papers, which integrate aspects from both the software product line and open source software. We expect paper of about 5000 words. Papers should be sent to the guest editors, Frank van der Linden and Björn Lundell. General submission guidelines of the journal can be found at:
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.aspImportant dates* October 15, 2008 - Submission deadline for papers
* November 20, 2008 - Acceptance notification
* January 5, 2009 - Final paper due
Frank van der Linden
Philips Healthcare
Björn Lundell
University of Skövde
Indicative PublicationsPohl, K., Böckle, G., and Van der Linden, F. (2005) Software Product Line Engineering, Springer Verlag ISBN 3-540-24372-0
Ågerfalk, P.J., Fitzgerald, B., Lings, B., Lundell, B., O’Brien, L. and Thiel, S. (2006) Open Source in the Software Product Line: An Inevitable Trajectory?, In 1st International Workshop on Open Source Software and Product Lines, 22 August, Baltimore, Maryland,
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/splc2006/Agerfalk_paper.pdfFeller, J., Finnegan, P., Hayes, J. and Lundell, B. (2006) Business Models for Open Source Software: Towards a Mature Understanding of the Concept and its Implications for Practice, Panel in The Second International Conference on Open Source Systems, 8-10 June,
http://oss2006.dti.unimi.it/index.php?panels.html#BusinessModels.Lundell, B., Lings, B., Ågerfalk, P. and Fitzgerald, B. (2006) The Distributed Open Source Software Development Model: Observations on Communication, Coordination and Control, In The 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gothenburg, 12-14 June [ CD-ROM ].
Lundell, B., Lings, B. and Lindqvist, E. (2006) Perceptions and Uptake of Open Source in Swedish Organisations, In Damiani, E., Fitzgerald, B., Scacchi, W. and Scotto, M. (Eds.) Open Source Systems: IFIP Working Group 2.13 Foundation Conference on Open Source Software – The Second International Conference on Open Source Systems, Springer, pp. 151-163. [ This paper received a best conference paper award]