An empirical analysis of open source software developers’ motivations and continuance intentions

Wu, Chorng-Guang; Gerlach, James H.; Young, Clifford E.

doi:10.1016/j.im.2006.12.006

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“…The FLOSS development communities can include dozens, hundreds or even thousands of volunteers who, for the most part, are not employed by and do not receive profits from the projects [20]. In community-based FLOSS, there are rarely explicit deliverables when developing software, and often no project plans or preset schedules [13].…”

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Group Maintenance Behaviors of Core and Peripherial Members of Free/Libre Open Source Software Teams

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Heckman

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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. Group Maintenance is pro-social, discretionary, and relation-building behavior that occurs between members of groups in order to maintain reciprocal trust and cooperation. This paper considers how Free/libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) teams demonstrate such behaviors within the context of email, as this is the primary medium through which such teams communicate. We compare group maintenance behaviors between both core and peripheral members of these groups, as well as behaviors between a group that remains producing software today and one which has since dissolved. Our findings indicate that negative politeness tactics (those which show respect for the autonomy of others) may be the most instrumental group maintenance behaviors that contribute to a FLOSS group's ability to survive and continue software production.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Group Maintenance Behaviors of Core and Peripherial Members of Free/Libre Open Source Software Teams

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Heckman

et al. 2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…Earlier studies provided great insights into participation motives and attraction of members [37]. Later studies explored how to stimulate repeated or long-term contributions [10,38] and how members progress towards the community center [7,20,26]. While research on participation has thus contributed tremendously to our understanding of participant incoming and project growth, results regarding project collapse are missing, as prior research is limited on the building up of communities.…”

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Open Source Project Collapse - Sources and Patterns of Failure

Ehls¹

2017

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…Aside from a few core individuals, contributors to such projects do not usually receive any kind of financial reward for their efforts. Instead, the context in which they operate more closely resembles that of a traditional gift culture ( [6], p. 81; [7]) in which one'spersonal standing is increased not by the amount an individual has, but by the amount an individual gives away. However, as a counterpoint to this, it should be noted that many of those who work most closely with the open source movement are remunerated as part of their job as advocates within larger technology organisations.…”

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Open Source and Accessibility: Advantages and Limitations

2013

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In this paper we discuss the open source process as it relates to accessibility software. Open source is a development model that has shown considerable benefits in a number of application areas. However the nature of accessibility tools and the intended users of such software products raise issues that must be addressed by the developer before users encounter the tools in real world contexts. In this paper we discuss the nature of the open source process, how it functions, and the motivations with regards to participation that developers self-report. We then explain the impact of these elements of the open source process as they relate to adaptive accessibility software. We use some specific examples of issues raised from the adoption of open source via a discussion of the ACCESS Framework, an accessibility engine designed to provide cross-platform accessibility support through plug-ins.

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An empirical analysis of open source software developers’ motivations and continuance intentions

Cited by 182 publications

References 26 publications

Group Maintenance Behaviors of Core and Peripherial Members of Free/Libre Open Source Software Teams

Group Maintenance Behaviors of Core and Peripherial Members of Free/Libre Open Source Software Teams

Open Source Project Collapse - Sources and Patterns of Failure

Open Source and Accessibility: Advantages and Limitations

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