[PEN-L:30095] FLOSS final report index

[ravi <gadfly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i don't understand a word of it, but i am willing to bet this gets
some of you reaching for the viagra ;-):

<http://www.infonomics.nl/FLOSS/report/>

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Overview of the FLOSS project

This project remedies the lack of information on Free/Libre/Open
Source Software [1] starting at the very beginning: by conducting
surveys to generate a unique base of primary data on Free/Open
Source Software usage and development; identifying indicators
to measure value creation and dissemination in the OS/FS arena;
identifying business models based on these indicators;
identifying the impact of and recommending changes in government
policy and regulatory environments with regards to OS/FS; finally,
the development of a base for extending these to the broader
economic measurement of non-monetary and trans-monetary activity
in the information society, beyond the domain of OS/FS.

The specific features of this project are:

  1. The collation of a base of hard data (until now no such data
     exist) on the importance and role of OS/F software in today’s
     economies and an impact assessment for policy and
     decision-making.

  2. The development of indicators for the measurement of value
     creation within the OS/F software communities, especially in
     order to identify the distribution patterns of contribution
     within OS/F software communities and projects.

  3. The measurement of contributions and identification of
     dependence on such contributions as are provided by user
     organisations OS/F software, including
     government/international institutions, on the developer
     community and on project development at large.

  4. The evaluation and identification of business models and best
     practices in the OS/F software community, especially the
     transition to and from commercial software operations.

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	--ravi