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arXiv:2308.04766 (cs)
[Submitted on 9 Aug 2023]

Title:Open Source Software in the Public Sector: 25 years and still in its infancy

Authors:Johan Linåker, Gregorio Robles, Deborah Bryant, Sachiko Muto
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Abstract:The proliferation of Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and collaboration has surged within industry, resulting in its ubiquitous presence in commercial offerings and shared digital infrastructure. However, in the public sector, both awareness and adoption of OSS is still in its infancy due to a number of obstacles including regulatory, cultural, and capacity-related challenges. This special issue is a call for action, highlighting the necessity for both research and practice to narrow the gap, selectively transfer and adapt existing knowledge, as well as generate new knowledge to enable the public sector to fully harness the potential benefits OSS has to offer.
Subjects: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
Cite as: arXiv:2308.04766 [cs.SE]
  (or arXiv:2308.04766v1 [cs.SE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2308.04766
Journal reference: IEEE Software, 40(4), 39-44 (2023)
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2023.3266105

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From: Johan Linåker [view email]
[v1] Wed, 9 Aug 2023 07:54:28 UTC (163 KB)
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