Community-Based Production of Open Source Software: What Do We Know about the Developers Who Participate?

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Shapiro ◽  
Paul A. David
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Community Based

Participation in community-based free/libre open source software development tasks: the impact of task characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangning Wei ◽  
Kevin Crowston ◽  
U. Yeliz Eseryel
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Task Characteristics ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Individual Participation ◽  
And Task ◽  
Development Tasks

PurposeThis paper explores how task characteristics in terms of trigger type and task topic influence individual participation in community-based free/libre open source software (FLOSS) development by considering participation in individual tasks rather than entire projects.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative study was designed using choose tasks that were carried out via the email discourse on the developers' email fora in five FLOSS projects. Choice process episodes were selected as the unit of analysis and were coded for the task trigger and topic. The impact of these factors on participation (i.e. the numbers of participants and messages) was assessed by regression.FindingsThe results reveal differences in participation related to different task triggers and task topics. Further, the results suggest the mediating role of the number of participants in the relationships between task characteristics and the number of messages. The authors also speculate that project type serves as a boundary condition restricting the impacts of task characteristics on the number of participants and propose this relationship for future research.Research limitations/implicationsEmpirical support was provided to the important effects of different task characteristics on individual participation behaviors in FLOSS development tasks.Practical implicationsThe findings can help FLOSS participants understand participation patterns in different tasks and choose the types of tasks to attend to.Originality/valueThis research explores the impact of task characteristics on participation in FLOSS development at the task level, while prior research on participation in FLOSS development has focused mainly on factors at the individual and/or project levels.

scholarly journals Revisiting Open Source Software Development Models for Community-Based Digital Humanities Research Generation

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Open Source Software Development ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Everyday Learning

Enmeshed modes of digital communication are based on public disclosure and the exposed space of the digital, that is to say, where an idea shared is always already an idea utilized by someone else.Background: Community-based practices of open source software development offer a model for enmeshed private-public digital humanities (DH) research that can balance the demands of macro or global digital disruptive forces with the needs of everyday learning communities.Analysis: In the space of enmeshed modes of digital communication, knowledge is not owned, since it is essentially discovery-based.Conclusion and implications: Digital literacy is key for contemporary DH knowledge production, yet also needs to be active (not a passive information technology awareness or ability) about building, making, and improving, as well as functioning within an open environment.

scholarly journals Roles and politeness behavior in community-based free/libre open source software development

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangning Wei ◽  
Kevin Crowston ◽  
U.Yeliz Eseryel ◽  
Robert Heckman
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Open Source Software Development

scholarly journals Community and Commercial Strategies in Open Source Software

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony I. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Proprietary Software ◽  
Open Source License ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Primary Focus

AbstractThis paper describes the recent evolution of business strategies used by companies offering products and services based on free and open source software (FOSS). The primary focus is on companies that develop and release products under an open source license. The paper compares their practices with traditional proprietary software companies and with community-based open source projects, and identifies growing overlaps between the different kinds of software companies. Finally, the paper describes the likely impact of recent technology developments in mobile and cloud computing on open source software and related business.

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