creators_name: Vinson, Norman G
creators_name: Singer, Janice
type: journalp
datestamp: 2004-07-30
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:30
metadata_visibility: show
title: Getting to the Source of Ethical Issues
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-stat-model
subjects: phil-ethics
full_text_status: public
keywords: ethical issues, metrics, open source
note: This paper deals with ethical issues involved in the analysis of source code, in particular code for open source software.
abstract:  
date: 2001
date_type: published
publication: Empirical Software Engineering
volume: 6
number: 4
pagerange: 293-297
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Vinson, Norman G and Singer, Janice  (2001) Getting to the Source of Ethical Issues.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3538/1/vinson01_source_NRC-46544.pdf