Quality and the reliance on individuals in free software projects

Quality and the reliance on individuals in free software projects

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by Martin Michlmayr , Benjamin Mako Hill

Venue:	in 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering
Citations:	10 - 4 self

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TITLE	Quality and the reliance on individuals in free software projects	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Martin Michlmayr	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Computer Science; and Software Engineering; University of Melbourne	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Victoria, 3010, Australia	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Benjamin Mako Hill	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Hampshire College	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Amherst, Massachusetts, USA	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	It has been suggested that the superior quality of many Free Software projects in comparison to their proprietary counterparts is in part due to the Free Software community’s extensive source code peer-review process. While many argue that software is best developed by individuals or small teams, the process of debugging is highly parallizable. This “one and many ” model describes a template employed by many Free Software projects. However, reliance on a single developer or maintainer creates a single point of failure that raises a number of serious quality and reliability concerns – especially when considered in the context of the volunteer-based nature of most Free Software projects. This paper will investigate the nature of problems raised by this model within the Debian Project and will explore several possible strategies aimed at removing or deemphasizing the reliance on individual developers. 1.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
VENUE	in 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	CONFERENCE	INFERENCE
PAGES	105--109	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	10 found	ParsCit 1.0