%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2007 %T Ensuring the Quality of Open Source Software %A David Maxwell %X Open Source Software (OSS) has been embraced by individuals for decades, but only recently have organizations around the globe looked upon open source as an attractive and practical alternative to proprietary software. In addition to its appealing price tag, usually free, OSS can be inspected, modified, and freely redistributed according to the terms of its license. In spite of this, open source developers still find their code quality and security challenged by a question that has followed them from the beginning: "If it's free, how good can it be?" %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 11/2007 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/58 %N November 2007 %9 Articles %1 Coverity David Maxwell is Coverity's Open Source Strategist, and is tasked with the continuation and expansion of Coverity's DHS-sponsored open source scans. An open source security specialist, Maxwell has over 20 years of experience as an open source user and developer, and he is particularly active in the NetBSD community. He currently sits on the advisory board for the BSD Certification Group and the program committee for the annual BSDCan conference. He was also a NetBSD Security Officer from 2001-2005 and a contributor to the best-selling O'Reilly title "BSD Hacks." Maxwell has previously worked as a lead kernel developer for Nokia, and architected the Internet Service offering for Fundy Cable in New Brunswick.