{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"15 Common Types of Unethical Behavior Found in Open-Source Projects","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/835ab05a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":876,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/15-common-types-of-unethical-behavior-found-in-open-source-projects.\nA groundbreaking study finds 15 different forms of unethical behavior in open source software, ranging from plagiarism to poorly maintained commercial apps.\nCheck more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #open-source-software-ethics, #oss-unethical-behavior, #software-engineering-ethics, #license-violation, #plagiarism-in-software, #oss-taxonomy, #plagiarism-in-open-source, #github-self-promotion,  and more.\nThis story was written by: @escholar. Learn more about this writer by checking @escholar's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\nThrough an analysis of 316 GitHub problems across 842 repositories, this study investigates unethical behavior in open-source software (OSS) projects.  We find 15 different categories of unethical behavior mapped to 11 ethical guidelines using keyword-based thematic analysis. These include copyright violations (plagiarism, soft forking, and missing attribution), licensing abuse, self-promotion, privacy violations, offensive language, and unmaintained paid services.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KhCapPSRkLGL2Xw8888yuChkNRWthaKapLYTvNdu4W4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMTY2LzE2ODM1/ODIzMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}