Development of free software in academic setting has been common in the last years. In this paper we present
our experience and lessons learned with the SAFE (Software Engineering Available for Everyone) project, from the software process perspective. We discuss the main issues regarding software process standards we have applied and the influences among them, research interests and OSS (Open Source Systems) characteristics. SAFE is a research project being developed by university and industrial sectors. We believe that researchers and free software community members can benefit from lessons learned and count on improvements in their own methodologies. |