Master's thesis

Repository for my MSc thesis

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Build instructions

sudo apt install texlive-full

latexmk

Timing

week n send first draft, wait for comments, revise

week n+1 send final draft, wait for final comments, revise

week n+2 read final comments, student sends final version, supervisor requests review

week n+3 wait for review

week n+4 wait for review

week n+5:

mon: supervisor sends thesis to grappa

wed: student submits thesis to E-thesis

Thesis design

1 Introduction 6 pages

• setting
• definition
• problem
• easier sub-problem
• thesis' contribution

1.1 Research goal, questions, and contributions

• primary object of this research (rqs)
• 1.2 will examine terms
• viewpoints

1.2 Thesis structure

• thesis structure

1.3 Background and terminology of PCLs

• state of current terminology
• terms of other interest areas of the thesis
• why the scope is so narrow
• acknowledge some other essential but non-focus
• state of terminology standardization
• figure to demonstrate terms
• free vs open
• define PCLs in se
• acknowledge the topic is complex

2 Methods 8 pages

• aim of the chapter
• explain slr
• study follows kitchenham 2007
• how the review process came to be
• reliability & validity

2.1 Research questions

• purpose of rqs
• aim of individual rqs

2.2 Search strategy

• where was search process conducted in (inclusion/exclusion in appendix a)
• data extraction process

2.2.1 Search method

• more on where was search process conducted in

2.2.2 Search scope and terms

• how were search terms determined (end condition)
• search string
• how many results
• finalized search string

2.3 Search process

• Study selection divided into multiple stages (figure)
• first stage titles, abstracts and keywords
• second stage inclusion exclusion criteria (quality assesment incl/excl, manual excl in appendix b)
• third stage manual review (final list of licenses in appendix c (maybe in hosted javascript githubpages as well))

2.4 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• inclusion criterias (second phase from github /licenses api)
• exclusion criterias
• comments on applying

2.5 Data collection and data analysis

• what was done to answer rq (table data extraction form)
• aim of scope and evidence levels (alves et al)
• categorization of results
• next chapter presents outcomes

3 Results 8 pages

• information about chapter
• how many licenses and why
• statistical overview with figures (mapping study)
• how many licenses during each stage (figure)
• basic statistic on final licenses (figure)
• essential statistics (figure)

3.1 RQ1

• figures and study identifier tables

3.2 RQ2

• figures and study identifier tables

3.3 RQ3

• figures and study identifier tables

4 Discussion 7 pages

• indications
• follow-up observation
• observation 1
• observation 2
• sum-up from those two

4.1 Implications for research

• how to improve scientific scene 1
• how to improve scientific scene 2
• how to improve scientific scene 3

4.2 Implications for software engineering professionals

• how to improve professional scene 1
• how to improve professional scene 2
• how to improve professional scene 3
• overall

4.3 Limitations and threats to validity

• major limitation
• possible threats to validity

4.3.1 Limitations of license selection for review

• efforts to inclusion
• as with all slr all licenses cannot be reviewed manually
• license selection was done in sufficient manner

4.3.2 Limitations in data extraction

• importance of data extraction
• lack of measurements and tooling

5 Conclusions 1 pages

• primary objective of this study
• conclusions from each rq

5.1 Future research

• adopting a clear baseline
• Docker CLA, SSPL
• make cla easier maybe with gpg
• LICENSE highlighting.js
• what kind of efforts and why
• what this thesis has provided
• how has each license fared in the court in real life?