Evolutionary success of open source software: An investigation into exogenous drivers

Evolutionary success of open source software: An investigation into exogenous drivers

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by Karl Beecher , Cornelia Boldyreff , Stephen Rank , Karl Beecher , Cornelia Boldyreff , Stephen Rank

Venue:	Electronic Communications of the EASST
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TITLE	Evolutionary success of open source software: An investigation into exogenous drivers	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Karl Beecher	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	14 pages	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Cornelia Boldyreff	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	14 pages	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Stephen Rank	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	14 pages	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Karl Beecher	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Centre of Research on Open Source Software – CROSS; Department of Computing and Informatics; University of	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Lincoln, UK	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Cornelia Boldyreff	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Centre of Research on Open Source Software – CROSS; Department of Computing and Informatics; University of	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Lincoln, UK	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Stephen Rank	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Centre of Research on Open Source Software – CROSS; Department of Computing and Informatics; University of	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Lincoln, UK	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	has often been evaluated through the number of commits made to its configuration management system, number of developers and number of users. Based on Source-Forge, most studies have concluded that the vast majority of projects are failures. This paper argues that the relative success of a FLOSS project can depend also on the chosen forge and distribution. Given a random sample of 50 projects contained within a popular FLOSS forge (Debian, which is the basis of the successful Debian distribution), we compare these with a similar sample from SourceForge, using product and process metrics, such as size achieved and number of developers involved. The results show firstly that, depending on the forge of FLOSS projects, researchers can draw different conclusions regarding what constitutes a successful FLOSS project. Secondly, the projects included in the Debian distribution benefit, on average, from more evolutionary activity and more developers than the comparable projects on SourceForge. Finally, the Debian projects start to benefit from more activity and more developers from the point at which they join this distribution.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
VENUE	Electronic Communications of the EASST	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	JOURNAL	INFERENCE
PAGES	2008	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	18 found	ParsCit 1.0