Reformatted OSS 2007 CFP--Sorry

OSS 2007: THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS   
                     
June 11-14 2007, Limerick, Ireland

CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS, PANELS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
                                                
http://oss2007.dti.unimi.it/

Over the past decade, the Open Source Software (OSS) phenomenon has had 
a global impact on the way organisations and individuals create, 
distribute, acquire and use software and software-based services. OSS 
has challenged the conventional wisdom of the software engineering and 
software business communities, has been instrumental for educators and 
researchers, and has become an important aspect of e-government and 
information society initiatives. OSS is a complex phenomenon and 
requires a interdisciplinary understanding of its engineering, 
technical, economic, legal and socio-cultural dynamics.

The goal of OSS 2007 is to provide an international forum where a 
diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and public 
administration can come together to share research findings and 
practical experiences. The conference is also meant to provide 
information and education to practitioners, identify directions for 
further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer.


    Conference Topics

Authors are invited to submit papers on a variety of OSS topics, 
including but not limited to:

    * OSS Historical Foundations and Emerging Trends
    * Public and Private Sector Adoption of OSS Solutions
    * OSS, Open Science and "Open Knowledge"
    * OSS, Health Services Management and E-Health
    * Knowledge Management, e-Learning and OSS
    * OSS Education and Training
    * Socio-cultural Dynamics of OSS
    * OSS and Social Networks
    * OSS Usability, Scalability, Maintainability and other quality issues
    * Tools and infrastructures for OSS Development

    * Architectures and patterns for OSS Development
    * Techniques and processes for OSS Development
    * OSS and Agile Development
    * OSS and Distributed Development
    * Documentation of OSS projects
    * Licensing, IPR and other legal issues in OSS
    * Free software and GPLv3
    * OSS and Innovation
    * OSS and e-government
    * OSS Business models and strategies
    * Cost, value and economic models of OSS
    * Empirical analysis of OSS including surveys, field studies, case
      studies, experiments and experience reports


    Important Deadlines:

*Jan 12th, 2007* 	Submission of research papers
*Feb 9th, 2007* 	Notification of acceptance
*Mar 1st, 2007* 	Submission of final papers


    Instructions For Submission:

Submissions are invited for original research papers. The official 
language of the conference is English.

Full papers should be between 3000-4000 words including references, with 
a 12pt serif font and 1.5 line spacing. Each submission must include a 
cover page with the full title of the paper and the names of all 
authors. The body of the paper should include title, abstract, list of 
keywords and a complete list of references.

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. All 
submissions should be submitted electronically in either .sxw 
(OpenOffice.org), .doc, .rtf, .pdf or LATEX format through the 
conference website.

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