Open Source and Social Networks

How can one improve the trust in artefacts that are developed by the open source community? Surely, lack of trust remains one of the key barriers to the take up of some of the wonderful projects that are currently being undertaken by Open Source enthusiasts -- within the commercial context. We address this in a new paper that will appear at the "International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking" (http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/infosci/Conferences/Isn2008/) -- taking place in Otago (New Zealand) -- June 2008. Anas Tawileh has played an important role in shaping some of the ideas in this paper.