International Journal of New Media Technology
Vol 4 No 2 (2017): IJNMT (International Journal of New Media Technology)

Open Sourcing Proprietary Application Case Study: KIRI Website

Pascal Alfadian Nugroho (Universitas Katolik Parahyangan)
Vania Natali (Universitas Katolik Parahyangan)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2017

Abstract

KIRI, a previously closed source project, is a web-based public transport navigation application that serves Bandung and other cities in Indonesia. It was originally made for commercial purpose, but relatively unsuccessful. Rather than shutting it down, we transformed KIRI to an open source project. In this paper we explain such process of transformation. First, we identified technical infrastructures required by an open source project by literature review. Then, we surveyed various existing open source projects in Indonesia in terms of their completeness in technical infrastructure. Based on findings from literature review and survey, we converted KIRI into an open source project. Finally, we checked final result of this transformation, to ensure everything worked well. There were some problems found after conversion, and had been fixed accordingly. Further research is needed to see if the open sourced KIRI can attract community participation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJNMT

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Engineering

Description

International Journal of New Media Technology (IJNMT) is a scholarly open access, peer-reviewed, and interdisciplinary journal focusing on theories, methods, and implementations of new media technology. IJNMT is published annually by Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Universitas Multimedia ...