Toward an Understanding of the Motivation of Open Source Software Developers

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by Yunwen Ye , Kouichi Kishida

Venue:	In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2003
Citations:	97 - 2 self

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@INPROCEEDINGS{Ye_towardan,
    author = {Yunwen Ye and Kouichi Kishida},
    title = {Toward an Understanding of the Motivation of Open Source Software Developers},
    booktitle = {In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2003},
    year = {},
    pages = {419--429},
    publisher = {ACM Press}
}

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An Open Source Software (OSS) project is unlikely to be successful unless there is an accompanied community that provides the platform for developers and users to collaborate. Members of such communities are volunteers whose motivation to participate and contribute is of essential importance to the success of OSS projects. In this paper, we aim to create an understanding of what motivates people to participate in OSS communities. We theorize that learning is one of the motivational forces. Our theory is grounded in the learning theory of Legitimate Peripheral Participation, and is supported by analyzing the social structure of OSS communities and the co-evolution between OSS systems and communities. We also discuss practical implications of our theory for creating and maintaining sustainable OSS communitie as well as for software engineering research and education..

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open source software developer os community essential importance open source software accompanied community motivational force os system os project practical implication learning theory software engineering research sustainable os communitie social structure legitimate peripheral participation

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