Debian Research
There is research done on/with/for/about/through Debian, for example by:
Karl Beecher: software evolution, software quality over time, process metrics
Gabriella "Biella" Coleman: ethics, legal pedagogy, liberalism in Debian and Free Software
Martin F. Krafft: the adoption process of tools in large open-source source processes like Debian.
Martin Michlmayr: quality assurance, release management, process improvement.
Gregorio Robles: software evolution, volunteer-driven development, software measurement...
Matthias Stuermer: software reuse, component/library research in Debian, competitive dynamics in open source
Note: please add yourself to the above list (alphabetically sorted), along with a short description of your focus, and ideally a link to where we can get more information, including contact data.
Publications
A list of publications is available separately.
Discussion
Please see http://lists.madduck.net/mailman/listinfo/academic-debian .
Links
Mako's preparation for his Debconf6 talk: http://wiki.mako.cc/Debconf2006Talk