Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Open source governance practices: A path to improving sustainability (Dawn Foster, IEEE Computer)

Quote on digital sovereignty for German Open Source Competition 2026

Open source and digital sovereignty

Beware of an AI’s authoritative voice

Is commercial open source the right choice for your startup?

I’m amused, legally amused

Understanding sustainable growth in industrial open source software through collaboration networks (Shi et al., IEEE Computer)

For the press: How to talk about open source without making a mess

The future of vibe coding, if any

Europe’s AI Opportunity: Countering Digital Cultural Colonialism

Open source community roles and community continuity (Matt Germonprez, IEEE Computer)

Where is Germany’s strategic IT reserve?

The New Closed Complement to Commercial Open-Source Software

Don’t blame the AI; it’s on you

AIs are not responsible for their actions

Do code AIs afford programmers a higher level of abstraction?

Why an open-source software requirement (“public money, public code”) is not enough for digital sovereignty

License-Compliant Distribution of Open Source Code [Computer Magazine]

Can a Domain-Specific Language Improve Program Structure Comprehension of Data Pipelines? A Mixed-Method Study [EMSE Journal]

Best Practices for Work From Home: A Qualitative Survey in Open Source and Distributed Software Development [INFSOF Journal]

Documenting Microservice Integration with MSAdoc [Internetware 2025]

The role of open source in an AI arms race (Christian Koch, IEEE Computer)

The quotable guide to “why contribute to open source projects”

Open source license obligations: Attribution and copyleft [Computer Magazine]

Options to have your open-source software and sustain it too

Balancing technology heterogeneity in microservice architectures [EMSE Journal]

Ensuring syntactic interoperability using consumer-driven contract testing [STVR Journal]