Characteristics of open source projects

A. Capiluppi; P. Lago; M. Morisio

doi:10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192440

Characteristics of open source projects

A. Capiluppi, P. Lago, M. Morisio

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Abstract

Most empirical studies about Open Source (OS) projects or products are vertical and usually deal with the flagship, successful projects. There is a substantial lack of horizontal studies to shed light on the whole population of projects, including failures. This paper presents a horizontal study aimed at characterizing OS projects. We analyze a sample of around 400 projects from a popular OS project repository. Each project is characterized by a number of attributes. We analyze these attributes statically and over time. The main results show that few projects are capable of attracting a meaningful community of developers. The majority of projects is made by few (in many cases one) person with a very slow pace of evolution. © 2003 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Seventh European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003
Subtitle of host publication	Proeedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	317-327
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	0769519024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192440
Publication status	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	Seventh European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003 - Benevento, Italy Duration: 28-Mar-2003 → 28-Mar-2003

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Conference	Seventh European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Benevento
Period	28/03/2003 → 28/03/2003

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