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Ralph A. Morelli; Heidi Ellis; Trishan R. De Lanerolle; Jonathan Damon; Christopher Walti | ||||
| Title | Can student-written software help sustain humanitarian FOSS? | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2007 | Publication | Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2007 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 41-44 | ||
| Keywords | Disaster prevention; Open source software; Project management; Software engineering; Teaching; Development model; Disaster recovery; Disaster relief; Foss; Free and open source softwares; Humanitarian softwares; Project outcomes; Trinity College; Students | ||||
| Abstract | This paper describes a Humanitarian FOSS (free and open source software) project carried out by a team of students and faculty at Trinity College. The project outcome was a volunteer management module that has recently been incorporated into the Sahana Disaster Recovery IT System. The Humanitarian FOSS movement is based on two premises: (1) that quality humanitarian software can be built and given freely to governments and organizations in need of such software ; and (2) that the FOSS development model can successfully harness the contributions of humanitarian-minded IT and computing professionals. The Trinity Sahana project introduces a third premise: (3) that students and faculty whose main goals are educational and pedagogical can contribute successfully to the Humanitarian FOSS movement. This paper examines these three premises focusing on the question raised by the third. | ||||
| Address | Trinity College, Ireland; Accenture Corporation, Ireland | ||||
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| Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Delft | Editor | B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789054874171; 9789090218717 | Medium | |
| Track | HOPS | Expedition | Conference | 4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 785 | |||
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