Abstract : We examine the relationship between communications by core and peripheral members and Free/Libre Open Source Software project success. The study uses data from 74 projects in the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. We conceptualize project success in terms of success building a community, as assessed by graduation from the Incubator. We compare successful and unsuccessful projects on volume of communication by core (committer) and peripheral community members and on use of inclusive pronouns as an indication of efforts to create intimacy among team members. An innovation of the paper is that use of inclusive pronouns is measured using natural language processing techniques. We find that core and peripheral members differ in their volume of contribution and in their use of inclusive pronouns, and that volume of communication is related to project success.
Type de document :
Communication dans un congrès
Kevin Crowston; Imed Hammouda; Björn Lundell; Gregorio Robles; Jonas Gamalielsson; Juho Lindman. 12th IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS), May 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AICT-472, pp.45-56, 2016, Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities. 〈10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_4〉
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Kevin Crowston, Ivan Shamshurin. Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects. Kevin Crowston; Imed Hammouda; Björn Lundell; Gregorio Robles; Jonas Gamalielsson; Juho Lindman. 12th IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS), May 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AICT-472, pp.45-56, 2016, Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities. 〈10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_4〉. 〈hal-01369050〉
