Free/Open Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Emerging Opportunities

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Free/Open Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Emerging Opportunities (2007)

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by Walt Scacchi

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@MISC{Scacchi07free/opensource,
    author = {Walt Scacchi},
    title = {Free/Open Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Emerging Opportunities},
    year = {2007}
}

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The focus of this paper is to review what is known about free and open source software development (FOSSD) work practices, development processes, project and community dynamics, and other socio-technical relationships. It focuses on exploring how FOSS is developed and evolved based on an extensive review of a set of empirical studies of FOSSD projects that articulate different levels of analysis. These characterize what has been analyzed in FOSSD studies across levels that examine (i) why individuals participate; (ii) resources and capabilities supporting development activities; (iii) how cooperation, coordination, and control are realized in projects; (iv) alliance formation and inter-project social networking; (v) FOSS as a multi-project software ecosystem, and (vi) FOSS as a social movement. Next, there is a discussion of limitations and constraints in the FOSSD studies so far. Last, attention shifts to identifying emerging opportunities for future FOSSD studies that can give rise to the development of new software engineering tools or techniques, as well as to new empirical studies of software development.

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free open source software development recent research result emerging opportunity fossd study new empirical study development process work practice different level inter-project social networking extensive review empirical study new software engineering tool alliance formation open source software development development activity future fossd study multi-project software ecosystem socio-technical relationship social movement software development attention shift fossd project community dynamic

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