5th International Conference on Open Source Systems, Skövde, Schweden

<p> 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&#8211;based services&#046; 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&#8211;government and information society initiatives&#046; OSS is a complex phenomenon and requires a interdisciplinary understanding of its engineering, technical, economic, legal and socio&#8211;cultural dynamics&#046; </p> <p> The goal of OSS 2009 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&#046; 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 </p>